God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 16:28
28A devious person spreads quarrels. A gossip separates the closest of friends.
Proverbs 16:28 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
- New International Version (NIV)A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.
- English Standard Version (ESV)A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the best of friends.
Context of Proverbs 16:28
26A laborer’s appetite works to his advantage, because his hunger drives him on. 27A worthless person plots trouble, and his speech is like a burning fire. A devious person spreads quarrels. A gossip separates the closest of friends. 29A violent person misleads his neighbor and leads him on a path that is not good. 30Whoever winks his eye is plotting something devious. Whoever bites his lips has finished his evil work.
Read all of Proverbs 16Proverbs 16:28 word by word
אִ֣ישׁ תַּ֭הְפֻּכוֹת יְשַׁלַּ֣ח מָד֑וֹן וְ֝נִרְגָּ֗ן מַפְרִ֥יד אַלּֽוּף׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 16:28
- Proverbs 6:14He devises evil all the time with a twisted mind. He spreads conflict.
- Proverbs 15:18A hothead stirs up a fight, but one who holds his temper calms disputes.
- Proverbs 18:8The words of a gossip are swallowed greedily, and they go down into a person’s innermost being.
- Proverbs 26:20Without wood a fire goes out, and without gossip a quarrel dies down.
- Proverbs 29:22An angry person stirs up a fight, and a hothead does much wrong.
- Proverbs 30:33As churning milk produces butter and punching a nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces a fight.
- 1 Timothy 6:3Whoever teaches false doctrine and doesn’t agree with the accurate words of our Lord Jesus Christ and godly teachings
- James 3:14But if you are bitterly jealous and filled with self-centered ambition, don’t brag. Don’t say that you are wise when it isn’t true.
- Proverbs 17:9Whoever forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever keeps bringing up the issue separates the closest of friends.
- Genesis 3:1The snake was more clever than all the wild animals the Lord God had made. He asked the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must never eat the fruit of any tree in the garden’?”
- 1 Samuel 24:9David asked Saul, “Why do you listen to rumors that I am trying to harm you?
- Romans 1:29Their lives are filled with all kinds of sexual sins, wickedness, and greed. They are mean. They are filled with envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and viciousness. They are gossips,
- 2 Corinthians 12:20I’m afraid that I may come and find you different from what I want you to be, and that you may find me different from what you want me to be. I’m afraid that there may be rivalry, jealousy, hot tempers, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly conduct.
Commentaries on Proverbs 16:28
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27-30Verses 27-30 The four verses speak of the same thing, and the well-known opprobrious name, the “man of Belial,” stands at the head as stigmatizing the man who delights in causing the mischief of which they treat. Diggeth up evil - i. e., Digs an evil pit for others to fall into. Compare Psalm 7:15. Proverbs 16:30 The physiognomy of the man of Belial, the half-closed eyes that never look you straight in the face, the restlessness or cunning of which biting…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-28Verses 27-28 Ungodly men bestow more pains to do mischief than would be needful to do good. The whisperer separates friends: what a hateful, but how common a character!Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-29Scoundrels, troublemakers, and violent people disrupt relationships by causing harm with their actions.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. (Compare Pr 6:14; 10:31). whisperer--prater, talebearer (Pr 18:8; 26:20).Read the comment
Topics related to Proverbs 16:28
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Proverbs 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
God’s Word Translation — © 1995 God’s Word to the Nations Bible Society
Commentaries