Proverbs 26:20

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

Cross References

James 3:6

The tongue is also a fire, a world of evil set among the parts of our body. It defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of our existence, and is itself set on fire by hell.

Proverbs 22:10

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

Proverbs 16:28

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

Proverbs 26:22

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

James 3:5

Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. See how a small flame can set a large forest ablaze!

Leviticus 19:16

“‘You must not go around as a slanderer among your people. “‘You must not endanger the blood of your neighbor. I am YHWH.