Parallel Bible results for "proverbs 26:20-22"

Proverbs 26:20-22

The Message Bible MSG

20 When you run out of wood, the fire goes out; when the gossip ends, the quarrel dies down.

21 A quarrelsome person in a dispute is like kerosene thrown on a fire.

22 Listening to gossip is like eating cheap candy; do you want junk like that in your belly?

New International Version NIV

20 Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down.

21 As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.

22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.