20. If you don't have wood, your fire goes out. If you don't talk about others, arguing dies down.
21. Coal glows. Wood burns. And a man who argues stirs up fights.
22. The words of anyone who talks about others are like tasty bites of food. They go deep down inside you.
23. Warm words that come from an evil heart are like shiny paint on a clay pot.
24. Someone who wants to hurt you uses his words to hide his hatred. But his heart is full of lies that cover up his evil plans.
25. What a person says can be charming. But don't believe him. Seven things that God hates can fill that person's heart.
26. Hatred can be hidden by lies. But what is evil will be shown to everyone.
27. If anyone digs a pit, he will fall into it. If he rolls a big stone, it will roll back on him.