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20 Fire goes out without wood,
    and quarrels disappear when gossip stops.

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And among all the parts of the body, the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 3:6 Or for it will burn in hell (Greek Gehenna).

10 Throw out the mocker, and fighting goes, too.
    Quarrels and insults will disappear.

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28 A troublemaker plants seeds of strife;
    gossip separates the best of friends.

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22 Rumors are dainty morsels
    that sink deep into one’s heart.

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