Proverbs 26:20

American Standard Version 2015

For lack of wood the fire goeth out;\par\tab And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.

Cross References

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.

Proverbs 22:10

Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out;\par\tab Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse man scattereth abroad strife;\par\tab And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Proverbs 26:22

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels,\par\tab And they go down into the innermost parts.

James 3:5

So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!

Leviticus 19:16

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 Jehovah.