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Proverbs 26:20

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20Without wood, fire goes out;

without a gossip, conflict dies down.af

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Cross references

  1. afPr 16:28; 22:10

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For lack of wood the fire goes out,

and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Without wood a fire goes out;

without a gossip a quarrel dies down.

NLTNew Living Translation

Fire goes out without wood,

and quarrels disappear when gossip stops.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For lack of wood, a fire goes out,

and where there is no whisperer, quarreling will cease.

KJV 1900King James Version

Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out:

So where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.