Passage · Old Testament

Proverbs 26:20-21

Prov.26.20-Prov.26.21

20For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases. 21As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

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