Proverbs 16:29
27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
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.
31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
- KJV
- A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
- WEB
- A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.
- ASV
- A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good.
- DARBY
- A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into a way that is not good.
- BLB
- A man of violence entices his neighbor and leads him in a way [that is] not good.
- ÅB
- En voldsmann forlokker sin neste og fører ham inn på en vei som ikke er god.
- OTB
- En voldelig person lokker sin nabo og leder dem inn på en skadelig vei.
- B1930
- En voldsmann forlokker sin næste og fører ham inn på en vei som ikke er god.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 2:12–15
To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
Read in context2 Peter 3:17
Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
Read in contextProverbs 12:26
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
Read in contextProverbs 3:31
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
Read in contextProverbs 1:10–14
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Read in contextNehemiah 6:13
Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
Read in context1 Samuel 22:7–9
Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
Read in context1 Samuel 23:19–21
Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
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