20Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 26:20
Fools, Sluggards, Quarrels, Gossip, Deceitful Speech, and the Ruin of Unrestrained Folly
The chapter moves from an extended warning about fools, to the self-deception of sluggards, to the danger of meddling and harmful joking, to gossip as conflict fuel, and finally to the concealed malice of lying and flattering speech.
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Verse 20
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Withoutבְּאֶ֣פֶסH657Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructwoodעֵ֭צִיםH6086Noun - masculine plurala fireאֵ֑שׁH784Noun - common singulargoes outתִּכְבֶּה־H3518Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singularwithoutוּבְאֵ֥יןH369Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Adverbgossipנִ֝רְגָּ֗ןH7279Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singulara conflictמָדֽוֹן׃H4066Noun - masculine singularceasesיִשְׁתֹּ֥קH8367Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular