Proverbs 16:28
26 A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
27 A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
29 A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
30 He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
- KJV
- A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
- WEB
- A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.
- ASV
- A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.
- DARBY
- A false man soweth contention; and a talebearer separateth very friends.
- BLB
- A man of perversity sends out strife, and a murmurer is separating a close friend.
- ÅB
- En falsk mann volder trette, og en øretuter skiller venn fra venn.
- OTB
- En pervers person skaper konflikt, og en baktaler skiller nære venner.
- B1930
- En falsk mann volder trette, og en øretuter skiller venn fra venn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 17:9
Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.
Read in contextJames 3:14–16
But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
Read in contextRomans 1:29
They 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,
Read in contextProverbs 18:8
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
Read in contextProverbs 6:14
With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
Read in contextProverbs 15:18
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
Read in context1 Timothy 6:3–5
If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,
Read in contextGenesis 3:1–13
Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
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