Talebearer

Talebearer

(Verses 20 to 22 of Chapter 26 in Proverbs are clubbed together).

Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth (Proverbs 26:20).

As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife (Proverbs 26:21).

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly (Proverbs 26:22).

A strife arises because of a talebearer who twists facts and feeds a false tale to make it true. If there is no wood to feed a fire, the fire goes out.

A talebearer sets an entire society on fire by his tale. He is a rumour monger. He is the most dangerous person in the society.

The talebearer is a contentious man to kindle strife in a society or a nation. He casts fresh coals into an inferno of burning coals. The audience who believes in a tale receive the false story in their hearts and believe the same. Words of talebearing are very dangerous as wounds as these affect the whole society or the nation.

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