Verse 20

Without wood, the fire goes out, and without a whisperer, strife ceases.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:28 : 28 A perverse person spreads conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.
  • Prov 22:10 : 10 Drive out the mocker, and conflict will go away; strife and insults will cease.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting the entire course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
  • Prov 26:22 : 22 The words of a gossip are like tasty morsels; they go down into the innermost being.