Proverbs 26:18-20

Modern English Version

¹⁸ As a madman who casts
    firebrands, arrows, and death,
¹⁹ so is the man who deceives his neighbor,
    and says, “I was only joking.”

²⁰ Where there is no wood, the fire goes out;
    so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceases.