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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.

KJV

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

Vulgate

ἐν πολλοῖς ξύλοις θάλλει πῦρ, ὅπου δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν δίθυμος, ἡσυχάζει μάχη.

LXX

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

ASV

בְּ/אֶ֣פֶס עֵ֭צִים תִּכְבֶּה אֵ֑שׁ וּ/בְ/אֵ֥ין נִ֝רְגָּ֗ן יִשְׁתֹּ֥ק מָדֽוֹן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אַפְסֵי
'psy
noun · 43×
יִשְׁתֹּ֥ק
yshtq
verb · 4×
מָד֑וֹן
mdvn
noun · 17×
נִ֭רְגָּן
nrgn
verb · 3×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
תִכְבֶּֽה
tkbh
verb · 24×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eph 4:31 — Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
  • Jas 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.
  • Jas 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.
  • Prov 6:19 — A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
  • Prov 11:13 — A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
  • Prov 16:28 — A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
  • Prov 18:8 — The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
  • Prov 20:19 — He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
  • Prov 22:10 — Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
  • Prov 22:10 — Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
  • Prov 25:23 — The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
  • Prov 26:22 — The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
  • Rom 1:29 — Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,