Proverbs 26:20-22

Expanded Bible

²⁰ Without wood, a fire ·will go out [is extinguished],
and without gossip, ·quarreling will stop [conflict calms down].

²¹ Just as charcoal and wood keep a fire going,
a quarrelsome person ·keeps an argument going [kindles accusations].

²² The words of a gossip are like ·tasty bits of food [choice morsels];
·people like to gobble them up [^Lthey go down to the inmost parts].