Proverbs 26:20
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When the wood faileth, the fire shall go out: and when the talebearer is taken away, contentions shall cease.

where no wood is or without wood

Proverbs 26:22 The words of a talebearer are as it were simple, but they reach to the innermost parts of the belly.

Proverbs 16:28 A perverse man stirreth up quarrels: and one full of words separateth princes.

Proverbs 22:10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out with him, and quarrels and reproaches shall cease.

James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by hell.

tale-bearer or whisperer is silent

Context
Similitudes and Instructions
19So is the man that hurteth his friend deceitfully: and when he is taken, saith: I did it in jest. 20When the wood faileth, the fire shall go out: and when the talebearer is taken away, contentions shall cease.21As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so an angry man stirreth up strife.…
Cross References
James 3:5
Even so the tongue is indeed a little member and boasteth great things. Behold how small a fire kindleth a great wood.

Leviticus 19:16
Thou shalt not be a detractor nor a whisperer among the people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour. I am the Lord.

Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man stirreth up quarrels: and one full of words separateth princes.

Proverbs 22:10
Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out with him, and quarrels and reproaches shall cease.

Lexicon
Without
בְּאֶ֣פֶס (bə·’e·p̄es)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 657: Cessation, an end, no further, the ankle, foot

wood,
עֵ֭צִים (‘ê·ṣîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6086: Tree, trees, wood

a fire
אֵ֑שׁ (’êš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 784: A fire

goes out;
תִּכְבֶּה־ (tiḵ·beh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3518: To be quenched or extinguished, to go out

without
וּבְאֵ֥ין (ū·ḇə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

gossip,
נִ֝רְגָּ֗ן (nir·gān)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5372: Talebearer, whisperer

a conflict
מָדֽוֹן׃ (mā·ḏō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4066: A contest, quarrel

ceases.
יִשְׁתֹּ֥ק (yiš·tōq)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8367: To be quiet


Additional Translations
Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.Where no wood is, there the fire goes out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceases.

For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.

With much wood fire increases; but where there is not a double-minded man, strife ceases.

Where no wood is, the fire goeth out; and where there is no talebearer, the contention ceaseth.

For lack of wood the fire goeth out: and where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.

Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no tale-bearer, the strife ceaseth.

For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,
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