Proverbs 26:20

For lack of wood the fire goes out,
And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down.

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse man spreads strife,
And a slanderer separates intimate friends.

Proverbs 22:10

Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out,
Even strife and dishonor will cease.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.

Proverbs 26:22

The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,
And they go down into the innermost parts of the body.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Proverbs 26:20

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

General references

1 Samuel 24:9

Proverbs 22:10

Bible References

General references

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks to harm you’?

Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out,

Even strife and dishonor will cease.