Cross references

Proverbs 26:20

Without wood, a fire goes out;

without gossip, a conflict ceases.

Proverbs 26:20 BSB

Proverbs 26:20 has 4 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 16:28 (9 votes) and Proverbs 22:10 (8 votes). 13 other verses point back to it. It links with 5 other books, from 1 Samuel 24 to James 3.

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Which verses does Proverbs 26:20 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.

  2. Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.

  3. James 3:68 votes

    The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

  4. The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

Which verses point to Proverbs 26:20?

The 10 strongest of 13.