Where no wood is, [there] the fire goeth out: so where [there is] no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Ver. 20. Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out.] Lignis ignis conservatur. So is strife by evil tongues; these are the devil's bellows and boutefeaus. "Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble, your breath as fire shall devour you." Isa 33:11 Such is the breath of tale bearers. A curfew bell would do well for these incendiaries, that else may "set on fire the whole course of nature." Jam 3:6 See Trapp on " Pro 16:28 "