Proverbs 26:20
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
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Gill's Exposition
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out,.... Or "woods" (h); where there is a large quantity of wood or fuel, the fire is kept up; but where there is little, scarce any or none at all, it goes out…
Contention is as a fire; it heats the spirit, burns up all that is good, and puts families and societies into a flame. Now here we are told how that fire is commonly kindled and kept burning, that we…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
talebearer Rather, whisperer, as the word is rendered in Pro 16:28. The Vulg. has susurrohere and in Pro 26:26 below, but verbosusin Pro 16:28, and bilinguisin Pro 18:8. The LXX. have here δίθυμος, a…
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