Proverbs 26:20

King James 2000

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

Cross References

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse man sows strife: and a whisperer separates best friends.

Proverbs 22:10

Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

Proverbs 26:22

The words of a talebearer are tasty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body.

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go up and down as a talebearer among your people: neither shall you take a stand against the life 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 forest 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 by hell.