Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where
there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Proverbs, Chapter 26, verse 20.
I like the visual picture I have with this
passage. One way of looking at this
passage might be to think of the wood as the person who listens to gossip. The fire is the person who spreads the
gossip. If people listen to gossip, it
“adds fuel to the fire.” If no one
listened to these stories, it would put the gossiper out of business; because
they do it for the attention it gets them.
Here is a related passage:
*The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and
they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. Proverbs, Chapter 26, verse 22.
Because this is an example of how I’ve applied this Bible passage to my life, it doesn't necessarily reflect the whole meaning of the passage.
Please click on comments below to share your suggestions. Thanks! Debbie
