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Proverbs 26

Prov. 26:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Where ψno
'ephec (Hebrew #657)
cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also (like 6466) the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or foot
KJV usage: ankle, but (only), end, howbeit, less than nothing, nevertheless (where), no, none (beside), not (any, -withstanding), thing of nought, save(-ing), there, uttermost part, want, without (cause).
Pronounce: eh'-fes
Origin: from 656
wood
`ets (Hebrew #6086)
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
KJV usage: + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
Pronounce: ates
Origin: from 6095
is, there the fire
'esh (Hebrew #784)
fire (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
Pronounce: aysh
Origin: a primitive word
goeth out
kabah (Hebrew #3518)
to expire or (causatively) to extinguish (fire, light, anger)
KJV usage: go (put) out, quench.
Pronounce: kaw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
: so where there is no βtalebearer
nirgan (Hebrew #5372)
a slanderer
KJV usage: talebearer, whisperer.
Pronounce: neer-gawn'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roll to pieces
, the strife
madown (Hebrew #4066)
a contest or quarrel
KJV usage: brawling, contention(-ous), discord, strife. Compare 4079, 4090.
Pronounce: maw-dohn'
Origin: from 1777
γceaseth
shathaq (Hebrew #8367)
to subside
KJV usage: be calm, cease, be quiet.
Pronounce: shaw-thak'
Origin: a primitive root
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ψ
Without wood.
β
or, whisperer.
γ
is silent.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Where no wood is.
Heb. Without wood.
so.
Prov. 26:22• 22The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. (Prov. 26:22)
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Prov. 16:28• 28A false man soweth contention; and a talebearer separateth very friends. (Prov. 16:28)
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Prov. 22:10• 10Cast out the scorner, and contention will depart, and strife and ignominy shall cease. (Prov. 22:10)
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James 3:6• 6and the tongue is fire, the world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set in our members, the defiler of the whole body, and which sets fire to the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell. (James 3:6)
tale-bearer.
or, whisperer.
ceaseth.
Heb. is silent.
• {v.20-22} See notes on Proverbs 11:13; 16:27, 28. Already we have had our attention frequently directed to the evil of talebearing. But because we are so slow to learn, we have added instruction in regard to what has become in many places a blighting curse among the people of God. (“Proverbs Twenty-Six” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Where no wood is, the fire goeth out; and where there is no talebearer, the contention ceaseth.