Proverbs 26:20

English Standard Version 2016

For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.

Cross References

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.

Proverbs 22:10

Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease.

Proverbs 16:28

A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

Proverbs 26:22

The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

James 3:5

So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.