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For lack of wood the fire goes out; Where there is no gossip, a quarrel dies down.
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Gossip is the Fuel for Conflict
Commentators explain that the verse presents a direct and powerful analogy: just as wood fuels a fire, gossip and talebearing fuel contention. Matthew Henry notes that strife puts families and communities 'into a flame,' and this fire is 'kindled and kept burning by whisperers and backbiters.'
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Where no wood is, [there] the fire goes out or "woods" {h}; where there is a large quantity of wood or fuel, the fir…
Presbyterian
Contention heats the spirit, and puts families and societies into a flame. And that fire is commonly kindled and kept burning by whisperers and bac…
