Proverbs 26:20 - Easy To Read Version

²⁰ If a fire has no wood, then the fire will become cold. In the same way, an argument without gossip is finished.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: So where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, contention ceases.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Without wood a fire goes out; without gossips, conflict calms down.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ When the wood fails, the fire will be extinguished. And when the gossiper is taken away, conflicts will be quelled.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ When the wood faileth, the fire shall go out: and when the talebearer is taken away, contentions shall cease.

Proverbs 26:20 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 16:28

A troublemaker is always causing problems. That person spreads gossip and causes trouble between close friends.

Proverbs 22:10

If a person thinks he is better than other people, force him to leave. When that person leaves, trouble will leave with him. Then arguments and bragging will end.

Proverbs 26:22

People love gossip. It is like eating good food.

Leviticus 19:16

You must not go around spreading false stories against other people. Don’t do anything that would put your neighbor’s life in danger. I am the Lord!

James 3:5

It is the same with our tongue. It is a small part of the body, but it boasts about doing great things.

James 3:6

The tongue is like a fire. It is a world of evil among the parts of our body. How? The tongue spreads its evil through our whole body. It starts a fire that influences all of life. The tongue gets this fire from hell.