“For lack of wood a fire goes out.Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.”
Proverbs 26:20 (WEB)
Context Reading
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.