Proverbs 26:20-22

International Standard Version

²⁰ Without wood, the fire goes out.
    Without a gossip, contention stops.
²¹ Charcoal is to hot coals
    as wood is to fire;
        so also a quarrelsome man fuels strife.
²² The words of a gossip are like delicate morsels;
    they sink down deep within.