Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man scatters abroad strife, and a whisperer separates chief friends.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
In Context
27A worthless man devises mischief, and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
29A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.
Cross References
Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, Yea, has God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?
Proverbs 6:14in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who sows discord.
Proverbs 15:18A wrathful man stirs up contention, but he who is slow to anger appeases strife.
Proverbs 17:17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 18:8The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts.
Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in transgression.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:28-29
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. There are those that are not only vicious themselves, but spiteful and mischievous to others, and they are the worst of men; two sorts of such are here described:—1. Such as envy a man the honour of his good name, and do all they can to blast that by calumnies and misrepresentations: They dig up evil; they take a great deal of pains to find out something or other… Read the whole commentary →