Proverbs 26:20

Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no talebearer, the fighting ceases.

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse man causes fighting, and a whisperer separates chief friends.

Proverbs 22:10

Cast out the scorner, and fighting shall go out; yes, quarrels and shame shall cease.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. So the tongue is set among our members, spotting all the body and inflaming the course of nature, and being inflamed by hell.

Proverbs 26:22

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

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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 you hear man's words, saying, Behold, David seeks to do you evil?
Proverbs 22:10
Cast out the scorner, and fighting shall go out; yes, quarrels and shame shall cease.