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Proverbs 26:20
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. Where no...: Heb. Without wood talebearer: or, whisperer ceaseth: Heb. is silent
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Cross-references drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, most-connected first.
Proverbs 16:28
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. soweth: Heb. sendeth forth
Proverbs 22:10
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. course: Gr. wheel
Proverbs 26:22
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. innermost...: Heb. chambers