Proverbs 26:20
For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
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Cross references
- Proverbs 16:28 A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.
- Proverbs 22:10 Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
- James 3:6 And 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.