Where there is no wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no gossip, contention ceases.Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindle strife.The words of a gossip are like delicious morsels; they go down into a person’s innermost being.
They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,in order to shoot down the innocent in secluded places. They shoot at him suddenly and are unafraid of retaliation.