18. Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows
19. so is one who deceives his friend, and says, “I was only joking.”
20. Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip quarrels cease.
21. As coals are to embers and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindling strife.
22. A gossip’s words are like tasty morsels— they slide down into the innermost parts of the body.
23. Like silver glaze overlaying earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.