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Proverbs 16:28
28A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.
Proverbs 16:28 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)A troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends.
Context of Proverbs 16:28
26The appetite of laborers works for them; their hunger drives them on. 27A scoundrel plots evil, and on their lips it is like a scorching fire. A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends. 29A violent person entices their neighbor and leads them down a path that is not good. 30Whoever winks with their eye is plotting perversity; whoever purses their lips is bent on evil.
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 6:14who plots evil with deceit in his heart— he always stirs up conflict.
- Proverbs 15:18A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.
- Proverbs 18:8The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.
- Proverbs 26:20Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down.
- Proverbs 29:22An angry person stirs up conflict, and a hot-tempered person commits many sins.
- Proverbs 30:33For as churning cream produces butter, and as twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.”
- 1 Timothy 6:3If anyone teaches otherwise and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching,
- James 3:14But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.
- Proverbs 17:9Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
- Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
- 1 Samuel 24:9He said to Saul, “Why do you listen when men say, ‘David is bent on harming you’?
- Romans 1:29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,
- 2 Corinthians 12:20For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be. I fear that there may be discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder.
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
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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
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