Proverbs 26:20-22

20For lack of wood the fire goes out, And where there is no whisperer [who gossips], contention quiets down.

21Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.

22The words of a whisperer (gossip) are like dainty morsels [to be greedily eaten]; They go down into the innermost chambers of the body [to be remembered and mused upon].