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Proverbs 26:14-23 New English Translation (NET)

14. Like a door that turns on its hinges,so a sluggard turns on his bed.

15. The sluggard plunges his hand in the dish;he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

16. The sluggard is wiser in his own estimationthan seven people who respond with good sense.

17. Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears,so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.

18. Like a madman who shootsfirebrands and deadly arrows,

19. so is a person who deceives his neighbor,and says, “Was I not only joking?”

20. Where there is no wood, a fire goes out,and where there is no gossip, contention ceases.

21. Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire,so is a contentious person to kindle strife.

22. The words of a gossip are like delicious morsels;they go down into a person’s innermost being.

23. Like a coating of glaze over earthenwareare fervent lips with an evil heart.

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