DAY 108
Without Wood, a Fire Goes Out
기원전 10~6세기 편집 (히브리 지혜문학)
ORIGINAL
בְּאֶפֶס עֵצִים תִּכְבֶּה־אֵשׁ וּבְאֵין נִרְגָּן יִשְׁתֹּק מָדוֹן
📜 THE VERSE
Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down.
❓ TODAY'S QUESTION
Am I still feeding the fire of a quarrel with the firewood of my words?
📝Reflection
A quarrel is like a fire: feed it no fuel and it dies on its own. That fuel is words. The moment someone keeps passing and adding to them, a fire already dying flares back to life. This verse teaches not how to win a quarrel but how to starve it. If I do not pass the word along, the flame stops at my mouth. Silence is sometimes the strongest extinguisher.
— ONGO · Curator
🌱Apply It Today
When a word that would feed a quarrel comes to mind today, do not pass it — let it stop at your mouth.
📖 Source:
Proverbs 26:20.
히브리어 원전 + 개역한글판(1961, PD) 참조, ONGO 자체 의역.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
