Proverbs 26:20

For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, contention ceases.

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse man scatters abroad strife, and a whisperer separates chief friends.

Proverbs 22:10

Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out, yea, strife and reproach will cease.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Thus, the tongue is made to lead among our body-parts, defiling the whole body, and setting the cycle of nature on fire, and being set on fire by hell.

Proverbs 26:22

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts.

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Summary

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

General references

Bible References

General references

1 Samuel 24:9
And David said to Saul, Why do thou hearken to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeks thy hurt?
Proverbs 22:10
Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out, yea, strife and reproach will cease.