Proverbs 26:20

WEB

²⁰For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

KJV

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

BSB

²⁰Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.

FBV

²⁰Without wood, the fire goes out; and without gossips, arguments stop.

Extra References

Proverbs 16:28

²⁸A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

James 3:6

⁶And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

Proverbs 22:10

¹⁰Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.

Proverbs 26:22

²²The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.