For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.
For those who are such don’t serve our Lord, Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.