18. As a mad man who shooteth firebrands, khitzim (arrows), and mavet,
19. So is the ish that deceiveth his re'a, and saith, Am I not just having a laugh?
20. Where no wood is, there the eish goeth out; so where there is no nirgan (gossip, slanderer, talebearer), the strife dieth down.
21. As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to eish; so is a contentious ish to kindle strife.
22. The devarim of a nirgan (gossip, slanderer, talebearer) are like tasty morsels, and they go down into the innermost chambers of the beten.
23. Fervent sfatayim (lips) and a lev rah are like earthenware covered with silver dross.
24. He that hateth disguises it with his sfatayim (lips), and within harboreth mirmah (deceit);
25. When he speaketh fair, believe him not; for there are sheva to'avot in his lev.
26. Whose hatred is covered by guile, yet his wickedness shall be exposed before the whole kahal.
27. He who diggeth a shachat (pit) shall fall therein, and he that rolleth an even (stone), it will roll back upon him.
28. A lashon sheker hateth those that are crushed by it; and a flattering peh (mouth) worketh ruin.