Proverbs 26:20
King James Version (KJV)
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
American Standard Version (ASV)
For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
World English Bible (WEB)
For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
Proverbs 26:20 Cross References
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
