Proverbs 26:20-22

International Children’s Bible

²⁰ Without wood, a fire will go out.
    And without gossip, quarreling will stop.

²¹ Charcoal and wood keep a fire going.
    In the same way, a quarrelsome person keeps an argument going.

²² The words of a gossip are like tasty bits of food.
    People take them all in.