Proverbs 26:20
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
רָכִיל
râkîyl
a scandal-monger (as travelling about)
חָדַל
châdal
properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle
Key Terms in This Verse
חָדַל châdal
properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle
Study H2308 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →Cross References
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
And 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.
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
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