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Pro 26:20 — Where no wood is, [there] the fire goeth out: so where [there is] no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Where no wood is		Heb. Without wood
so		Pro 26:22; Pro 16:28; Pro 22:10; Jam 3:6
tale-bearer		or, whisperer
ceaseth		Heb. is silent.

Correlating Passages

	Pro 26:22	The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
	Pro 16:28	A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
	Pro 22:10	Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
	Jam 3:6	And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

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Scott, Thomas. "Proverbs 26:20," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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