Legacy Standard Bible

Proverbs 26:20-26

20With no wood the fire goes out,And where there is no awhisperer, bstrife quiets down.21Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,So is a acontentious man to kindle strife.22The awords of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,And they go down into the innermost parts of the stomach.23Like an earthen avessel overlaid with silver bdrossAre fiery lips and an evil heart.24He who ahates disguises it with his lips,But he sets up bdeceit within himself.25When he amakes his voice gracious, do not believe him,For there are seven abominations in his heart.26Though his hatred acovers itself with guile,His evil will be brevealed in the assembly.

Proverbs 26:28

28A lying tongue hates 1those it crushes,And a aflattering mouth works ruin.