Proverbs 26:20

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: So where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

Cross References

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

Proverbs 22:10

Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; Yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

Proverbs 16:28

A froward man soweth strife: And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Proverbs 26:22

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, And they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

James 3:5

Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

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 neighbour: I am the LORD.