Proverbs 26:20-23

20Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down.

21As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.

22The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.

23Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware are fervent Hebrew; Septuagint smooth lips with an evil heart.