Verse 20

Where there is no wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no gossip, contention ceases.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 16:28 : 28 A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.
• Prov 22:10 : 10 Drive out the scorner and contention will leave; strife and insults will cease.
• Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence– and is set on fire by hell.
• Prov 26:22 : 22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; and they have gone down into a person’s innermost being.