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Proverbs 26:21-23
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21 A quarrelsome man starts fights as easily as a match sets fire to paper.[a]

22 Gossip is a dainty morsel eaten with great relish.

23 Pretty words may hide a wicked heart, just as a pretty glaze covers a common clay pot.

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  1. Proverbs 26:21 as easily as a match sets fire to paper, literally, “like coals to hot embers and wood to fire.”
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