Proverbs 26:20

World English Bible

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

Proverbs 26:20 in other translations

For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.

18Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
19is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”
20For lack of wood a fire goes out.
Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
21As coals are to hot embers,
and wood to fire,
so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
22The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels,
they go down into the innermost parts.