Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 26:20
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Berean Standard Bible
Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
King James Version
Where no wood is, [there] the fire goeth out: so where [there is] no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
World English Bible
For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
American Standard Version
For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 26
18 Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
19 so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
20 Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
21 Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
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