Verse 20

Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; so where there is no gossip, strife ceases.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:28 : 28 A perverse man sows strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.
  • Prov 22:10 : 10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out; yes, strife and reproach shall cease.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so the tongue is among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
  • Prov 26:22 : 22 The words of a gossip are like wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.