Proverbs 26:20-22

GOD’S WORD Translation

²⁰ Without wood a fire goes out,
and without gossip a quarrel dies down.
²¹ ⌞As⌟ charcoal fuels burning coals and wood fuels fire,
so a quarrelsome person fuels a dispute.
²² The words of a gossip are swallowed greedily,
and they go down into a person’s innermost being.