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20 
For lack of wood the fire goes out,
And where there is no whisperer [who gossips], contention quiets down.
21 
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
So is a contentious man to kindle strife.(A)

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20 Without wood a fire goes out;
    without a gossip a quarrel dies down.(A)
21 As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,
    so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.(B)

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