Proverbs 26:20-22

²⁰Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,

²¹Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.

²²The words of a tale-bearer [are] as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down [to] the inner parts of the heart.

Proverbs 26 is a collection of vivid, often humorous sayings that expose the folly of the fool, the sluggard, and the gossip. The chapter opens with warnings against honoring the undeserving and moves through a series of memorable images — a dog returning to its vomit, a door turning on its hinges,

References· Proverbs 26

a: v.2 — Numbers 23:8, Nehemiah 13:2, Psalms 109:28, Deuteronomy 23:4-5, 2 Samuel 16:12, 1 Samuel 17:43, Proverbs 27:8, 1 Samuel 14:28-29
b: v.11 — Like a dog that returns to its vomit: 2 Peter 2:22; 2 Peter 2:22, Matthew 12:45, Exodus 8:15
c: v.12 — Proverbs 29:20, 1 Corinthians 3:18-19, Proverbs 26:5, Romans 12:16, Proverbs 28:11, Revelation 3:17, Luke 18:11, Matthew 21:31, Proverbs 3:7, Proverbs 26:16
d: v.17 — Proverbs 20:3, 2 Timothy 2:23-24, Proverbs 18:6, Luke 12:14, Proverbs 17:11
e: v.25 — Proverbs 6:16-19, Psalms 28:3, Jeremiah 12:6, Matthew 24:23, Jeremiah 9:2-8, Psalms 12:2, Micah 7:5
f: v.27 — Proverbs 28:10, Psalms 9:15, Psalms 7:15-16, Psalms 10:2, Ecclesiastes 10:8, Psalms 57:6, Esther 7:10

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