Proverbs 26:20

Proverbs chapter 26 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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

v.19So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?

v.20This passage

v.21Ascoals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Proverbs 26:22
The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.
Proverbs 22:10
Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.
Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.