Text -- Proverbs 26:20 (NET)

26:20 Where there is no wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no gossip, contention ceases.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 26:20

¹ sn Gossip (that is, the one who goes around whispering and slandering) fuels contention just as wood fuels a fire. The point of the proverb is to prevent contention – if one takes away the cause, contention will cease (e.g., 18:8).

² tn Heb “becomes silent.”