Proverbs 26:20

Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,

Proverbs 16:28

A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

Proverbs 22:10

Cast out a scorner -- and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.

James 3:6

and the tongue is a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.

Proverbs 26:22

The words of a tale-bearer are as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down to the inner parts of the heart.

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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 saith to Saul, 'Why dost thou hear the words of man, saying, Lo, David is seeking thine evil?
Proverbs 22:10
Cast out a scorner -- and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.