As the vapour and smoke of a furnace goeth before the fire; so reviling before blood.
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Sirach 22:24
As the vapour, and smoke of the chimnay goeth before the fyre, so euil wordes, [rebukes & threatenings] go before bloodsheding.
Parallel Translations
As the vapor and smoke of a furnace goes before the fire; so reviling before blood.
As the vapour and smoke of a furnace goeth before the fire; so reviling before blood.
Before fire is the vapor and smoke of a furnace, so insults precede bloodshed.