Proverbs 26:20
For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
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Cross references
- Proverbs 16:28 A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.
- Proverbs 22:10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.
- James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.