Proverbs 26:20 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: So where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, contention ceases. American Standard Version (1901) For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth. Common English Bible Without wood a fire goes out; without gossips, conflict calms down. Catholic Public Domain Version When the wood fails, the fire will be extinguished. And when the gossiper is taken away, conflicts will be quelled. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When the wood faileth, the fire shall go out: and when the talebearer is taken away, contentions shall cease. |
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people; neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am the Lord.
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.