Proverbs 26:19-21

International Children’s Bible

^18-19 A person shouldn’t trick his neighbor
    and then say, “I was just joking!”
That is like a madman shooting
    deadly, burning arrows.

²⁰ Without wood, a fire will go out.
    And without gossip, quarreling will stop.

²¹ Charcoal and wood keep a fire going.
    In the same way, a quarrelsome person keeps an argument going.