KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 26:20–21
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Proverbs 26:20
20Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
20†*‖†Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no tale-bearer, the strife ceaseth.
- Heb. without wood.
- Or, whisperer.
- Heb. is silent.
- Chap. 22.10.
Proverbs 26:21
21As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
21* As coales are to burning coales, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
- Chap.15.18. & 29.22.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 26:20
Flame and burning heat; figuratively, fiery trial, judgment, zeal, or anger; to kindle or burn.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
talebearer
One who spreads private reports or gossip and thereby causes strife.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 26:21
Pieces of wood or other combustible matter that are burning, ignited, or charred.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Being on fire; consuming by fire; also fiery heat, inflammation, or ardent passion.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Flame and burning heat; figuratively, fiery trial, judgment, zeal, or anger; to kindle or burn.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
contentious
Apt to contend; given to angry debate; quarrelsome; perverse.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 20
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Open the full verse study28A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
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Open the full verse study6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
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Open the full verse study10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
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Open the full verse study22The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
From verse 21
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Open the full verse study18A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
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Open the full verse study22An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
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Open the full verse study1AND there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
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Open the full verse study2And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)
3That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,
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Open the full verse study20And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
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Open the full verse study12Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
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Open the full verse study33Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
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Open the full verse study4Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
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