20. For lack of wood the fire goeth out: and where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
21. As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to inflame strife.
22. The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
23. Fervent lips and a wicked heart are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
24. He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him: