SinaiProverbs 26:20
American Standard Version
For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
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Proverbs 26:20 in other translations
For lack of wood a fire goes out.
Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
Proverbs 26:20 in context
- 18As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death,
- 19So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?
- 20For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
- 21As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.
- 22The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.