Proverbs 26:20

Modern King James Version

Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no talebearer, the fighting ceases.

Cross References

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. So the tongue is set among our members, spotting all the body and inflaming the course of nature, and being inflamed by hell.

Proverbs 22:10

Cast out the scorner, and fighting shall go out; yes, quarrels and shame shall cease.

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse man causes fighting, and a whisperer separates 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 boasts great things. Behold how little a fire kindles how large a forest!

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go as a slanderer among your people; you shall not stand against the blood of your neighbor. I am Jehovah.