Verse 20

Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,

Referenced Verses

• Prov 16:28 : 28 A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.
• Prov 22:10 : 10 Cast out a scorner -- and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.
• Jas 3:6 : 6 and the tongue `is' a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.
• Prov 26:22 : 22 The words of a tale-bearer `are' as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down `to' the inner parts of the heart.