Verse 20

For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 16:28 : 28 A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.
• Prov 22:10 : 10 Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
• Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
• Prov 26:22 : 22 The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.