Proverbs 26:20
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20 For lack of wood the fire goes out,
and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.(A)
Proverbs 26:20
New International Version
20 Without wood a fire goes out;
without a gossip a quarrel dies down.(A)
Proverbs 16:28
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28 A perverse person spreads strife,
and a whisperer separates close friends.(A)
Proverbs 16:28
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James 3:6
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6 And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.[a](A)
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- 3.6 Gk Gehenna
James 3:6
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6 The tongue also is a fire,(A) a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body,(B) sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.(C)
Proverbs 22:10
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10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife goes out;
quarreling and abuse will cease.(A)
Proverbs 22:10
New International Version
10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;
quarrels and insults are ended.(A)
Proverbs 26:22
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22 The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into the inner parts of the body.(A)
Proverbs 26:22
New International Version
22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
they go down to the inmost parts.(A)
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