For lack of wood the fire goes out, And where there is no gossiper, quarreling quiets down.Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious person to kindle strife.The words of a gossiper are like dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
For such people are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.