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Proverbs 26:20

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26:20Where there is no wood, a fire goes out,

and where there is no gossip,41 contention ceases.42

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Footnotes

  1. 41 Gossip (that is, the one who goes around whispering and slandering) fuels contention just as wood fuels a fire. The point of the proverb is to prevent contention—if one takes away the cause, contention will cease (e.g., 18:8).
  2. 42 Heb “becomes silent.”

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For lack of wood the fire goes out,

and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Without wood a fire goes out;

without a gossip a quarrel dies down.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Without wood, fire goes out;

without a gossip, conflict dies down.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

Fire goes out without wood,

and quarrels disappear when gossip stops.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For lack of wood, a fire goes out,

and where there is no whisperer, quarreling will cease.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out:

So where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

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