Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 657 [e] בְּאֶ֣פֶס bə-’e-p̄es where [there is] no Prep-b | N-msc 6086 [e] עֵ֭צִים ‘ê-ṣîm wood N-mp 3518 [e] תִּכְבֶּה־ tiḵ-beh- goes out V-Qal-Imperf-3fs 784 [e] אֵ֑שׁ ’êš; the fire N-cs 369 [e] וּבְאֵ֥ין ū-ḇə-’ên and where [there is] no Conj-w, Prep-b | Adv 5372 [e] נִ֝רְגָּ֗ן nir-gān, talebearer V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms 8367 [e] יִשְׁתֹּ֥ק yiš-tōq ceases V-Qal-Imperf-3ms 4066 [e] מָדֽוֹן׃ mā-ḏō-wn. strife N-ms

New American Standard Bible
For lack of wood the fire goes out, And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down.

King James Bible
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Without wood, fire goes out; without a gossip, conflict dies down.

where no wood is or without wood
so

Proverbs 26:22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the …

Proverbs 16:28 A fraudulent man sows strife: and a whisperer separates chief friends.

Proverbs 22:10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yes, strife and …

James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among …

tale-bearer or whisperer is silent

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