Proverbs 26:20

American King James Version (1999)

Where no wood is, there the fire goes out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceases.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:28

A fraudulent man sows strife: and a whisperer separates chief friends.

Proverbs 22:10

Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yes, strife and reproach shall cease.

Proverbs 26:22

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go up and down as a talebearer among your people: neither shall you stand against the blood of your neighbor; I am the LORD.

James 3:5

Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindles!

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.