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Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
Proverbs 26:18 · Berean Standard Bible
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As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
Like a madman who shoots firebrands, arrows, and death,
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15 The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
17 Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18 Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
19 so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
20 Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
21 Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
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