Proverbs 26:20-22

Modern English Version

²⁰ Where there is no wood, the fire goes out;
    so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceases.
²¹ As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire,
    so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
²² The words of a talebearer are as wounds,
    and go down into the innermost parts of the body.