Proverbs 26:20
בְּאֶפֶס עֵצִים תִּכְבֶּה ־ אֵשׁ וּבְאֵין נִרְגָּן יִשְׁתֹּק מָדֽוֹן ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
In Context
19כֵּֽן ־ אִישׁ רִמָּה אֶת ־ רֵעֵהוּ וְאָמַר הֲֽלֹא ־ מְשַׂחֵק אָֽנִי ׃
21פֶּחָם לְגֶחָלִים וְעֵצִים לְאֵשׁ וְאִישׁ מדונים לְחַרְחַר ־ רִֽיב ׃ פ
Cross References
Proverbs 16:28אִישׁ תַּהְפֻּכוֹת יְשַׁלַּח מָדוֹן וְנִרְגָּן מַפְרִיד אַלּֽוּף ׃
Proverbs 26:22דִּבְרֵי נִרְגָּן כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִים וְהֵם יָרְדוּ חַדְרֵי ־ בָֽטֶן ׃
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:19-20
18 As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, 19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport? See here, 1. How mischievous those are that make no scruple of deceiving their neighbours; they are as madmen that cast firebrands, arrows, and death, so much hurt may they do by their deceits. They value themselves upon it as polite cunning men, but really they are as madmen. There is not a greater madness in the world than a wilful sin. It is not only the passionate furious man,… Read the whole commentary →