Proverbs 26:20

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

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

Cross References

Proverbs 16:28

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

Proverbs 22:10

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

Proverbs 26:22

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

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.

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!

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.