Proverbs 26:20

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

Cross References

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehinnom.

Proverbs 22:10

Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

Proverbs 26:22

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

James 3:5

So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!

Leviticus 19:16

*'You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people; neither shall you stand against the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.