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Proverbs 26:21-23
New American Standard Bible
Proverbs 26:21-23
New American Standard Bible
21 Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
So is a (A)contentious person to kindle strife.
22 The (B)words of a gossiper are like dainty morsels,
And they go down into the [a]innermost parts of the body.
23 Like an earthenware (C)vessel overlaid with silver [b](D)impurities
Are burning lips and a wicked heart.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:22 Lit chambers of the belly
- Proverbs 26:23 Lit dross
Proverbs 26:21-23
New International Version
Proverbs 26:21-23
New International Version
21 As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,
so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.(A)
22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
they go down to the inmost parts.(B)
23 Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware
are fervent[a] lips with an evil heart.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:23 Hebrew; Septuagint smooth
Proverbs 26:21-23
King James Version
Proverbs 26:21-23
King James Version
21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
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Proverbs 26:21-23
New King James Version
Proverbs 26:21-23
New King James Version
21 (A)As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire,
So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
22 The words of a [a]talebearer are like [b]tasty trifles,
And they go down into the [c]inmost body.
23 Fervent lips with a wicked heart
Are like earthenware covered with silver dross.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:22 gossip or slanderer
- Proverbs 26:22 A Jewish tradition wounds
- Proverbs 26:22 Lit. rooms of the belly
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