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

Proverbs 26:20-22

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

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

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

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

22 A gossip's words are like choice food that goes down to one's innermost being.

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