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Proverbs 26:20
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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.
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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)
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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.
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