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Proverbs 26:20
Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
Proverbs 26:20 · Berean Standard Bible
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Proverbs 26:20 in other translations
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
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In context
17 Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18 Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
19 so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
20 Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
21 Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
23 Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
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