Proverbs 26:20

Modern

Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.

Traditional

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

Literal

With the end of the wood, the fire is quenched, and without one whispering, strife quiets down.

Latin

Cum defecerint ligna extinguetur ignis, et susurrone subtracto, jurgia conquiescent.

Hebrew

English

Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.

A gossip and a quarrelsome person both add fuel to the fire of trouble and conflict.

Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
Proverbs 22:10
Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
James 3:6
The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
Proverbs 26:22
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.