Proverbs 16:28
26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
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
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Read in contextJames 3:14–16
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
Read in contextRomans 1:29
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Read in contextProverbs 18:8
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Read in contextProverbs 6:14
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
Read in contextProverbs 15:18
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Read in context1 Timothy 6:3–5
If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
Read in contextGenesis 3:1–13
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
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