Verse 20

Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: euen so where the talebearer is taken away, there the strife ceasseth.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 16:28 : 28 A frowarde body causeth strife: and he that is a blabbe of his tongue maketh deuision among princes.
• Prov 22:10 : 10 Cast out the scorneful man, and so shal strife go out with hym: yea variaunce and sclaunder shall ceasse.
• Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is fyre, euen a worlde of wickednesse. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fyre the course of nature, & it is set on fyre of hell.
• Prov 26:22 : 22 A talebearers wordes are lyke men that strike with hammers, and they pearse the inwarde partes of the body.