Proverbs 26:20 in the King James Version
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Context
19 is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”
20 For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
21 As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.