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Proverbios 26:20
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Por falta de leña se apaga el fuego, y donde no hay chismoso, se calma la contienda.
Sin le�a se apaga el fuego: Y donde no hay chismoso, cesa la contienda.
Sin le�a se apaga el fuego; y donde no hay chismoso, cesa la contienda.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Where no wood is: Heb. Without wood
so: Proverbs 26:22, Proverbs 16:28, Proverbs 22:10, James 3:6
talebearer: or, whisperer
ceaseth: Heb. is silent
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 24:9 - General Psalms 41:7 - whisper Proverbs 6:19 - that soweth Proverbs 11:13 - revealeth Proverbs 18:8 - words Proverbs 20:19 - that goeth Proverbs 25:23 - so Romans 1:29 - whisperers Ephesians 4:31 - evil speaking
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Where no wood is, [there] the fire goeth out,.... Or "woods" h; where there is a large quantity of wood or fuel, the fire is kept up; but where there is little, scarce any or none at all, it goes out of course;
So where [there is] no talebearer, the strife ceaseth; or is silent i: men cease to quarrel one with another; they hold their peace and are silent, when there are none to bring tales from one to another, or any whisperer or backbiter to suggest evil things of each other; or when such are discouraged on both sides, and their tales are not listened to; or when they are detected and thrust out of doors, as they deserve, then strife subsides, and peace ensues. Contention is like a fire, the flame of which is blown up by talebearers and whisperers, who are as incendiaries, and as such are to be treated.
h באפס עצים "deficientibus lignis", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "in deficientia lignorum", Michaelis; "quum expirarunt ligna", Schultens. i ישתק "silebit", Pagninus, Montanus, Mercerus, Gejerus; "silet", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "consilescit", Cocceius, Schultens.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 26:20. Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out — The tale-receiver and the tale-bearer are the agents of discord. If none received the slander in the first instance, it could not be propagated. Hence our proverb, "The receiver is as bad as the thief." And our laws treat them equally; for the receiver of stolen goods, knowing them to be stolen, is hanged, as well as he who stole them.
