Proverbs 26:20–21

For lack of wood the fire goes out,

and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.

As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,

so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

Without wood a fire goes out;

without a gossip a quarrel dies down.

As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,

so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.

Fire goes out without wood,

and quarrels disappear when gossip stops.

A quarrelsome person starts fights

as easily as hot embers light charcoal or fire lights wood.

For lack of wood, a fire goes out,

and where there is no whisperer, quarreling will cease.

As charcoal is to hot embers and wood is to fire,

so a man of quarrels is to kindling strife.

Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out:

So where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire;

So is a contentious man to kindle strife.