Proverbs 26:20-22

Evangelical Heritage Version

²⁰ When there is no more wood, a fire goes out,
and without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
²¹ As charcoal is to hot embers and as wood is to fire,
so a quarrelsome person is to igniting a fight.

²² Words of a gossip are like food that is easy to swallow.
They go down to the depths of one’s heart.^[a]