Proverbs 26:18-20

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹⁸Like a maniac who shoots deadly firebrands and arrows,
¹⁹so is one who deceives a neighbour
and says, ‘I am only joking!’
²⁰For lack of wood the fire goes out,
and where there is no whisperer, quarrelling ceases.

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