Proverbs 26:20

New Messianic Version Bible

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

Cross References

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 of hell.

Proverbs 22:10

Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach (disgrace; shame) shall cease.

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse (twisted) [habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition] man sows strife: 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 great a matter a little fire kindles!

Leviticus 19:16

youi shall not go up and down [as] a talebearer among youi people: neither shall youi stand against the blood of youi neighbour: I [am] the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).