Pro 26:20-22, 28, 29:12, Ecc 7:21-22, Jam 3:6 | ESV | STEP | For lack of wood the fire goes out , and where there is no whisperer , quarreling ceases .

a ch. 16:28

b ch. 22:10

cSee ch. 15:18

d ch. 18:8

e[See ver. 20 above]

f Prov. 30:10

g[Gal. 6:1]

h Ps. 120:2-4; Prov. 16:27

i Matt. 15:18

Proverbs 26:20-22

20 For lack of wood the fire goes out,
and where there is no ^awhisperer, ^bquarreling ceases.
21 As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
so is ^ca quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
22 ^dThe words of ^ea whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into the inner parts of the body.

Proverbs 26:28

28 A lying tongue hates its victims,
and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 29:12

12 If a ruler listens to falsehood,
all his officials will be wicked.

Ecclesiastes 7:21-22

21 Do not take to heart all the things that people say, lest you hear ^fyour servant cursing you. 22 Your heart knows that ^gmany times you yourself have cursed others.

James 3:6

6 And ^hthe tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, ⁱstaining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, ^{▼▼Or wheel of birth} and set on fire by hell. ^{▼▼Greek Gehenna}