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Proverbs 26:20
New English Translation

20 Where there is no wood, a fire goes out,
and where there is no gossip,[a] contention ceases.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:20 sn 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. Proverbs 26:20 tn Heb “becomes silent.”
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