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 of course; So where [there is] no
talebearer, the strife ceaseth;
or is silent {i}: men cease to quarrel one with another; they
hold their peace and are silent, when there are none to bring
tales from one to another, or any whisperer or backbiter to
suggest evil things of each other; or when such are discouraged
on both sides, and their tales are not listened to; or when they
are detected and thrust out of doors, as they deserve, then
strife subsides, and peace ensues. Contention is like a fire, the
flame of which is blown up by talebearers and whisperers, who are
as incendiaries, and as such are to be treated.