Proverbs 16:28
A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
In Context
27A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.
Cross References
Genesis 3:1Now the snake was wiser than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, Has God truly said that you may not take of the fruit of any tree in the garden?
Proverbs 6:14His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.
Proverbs 15:18An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.
Proverbs 17:17A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.
Proverbs 18:8The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, and go down into the inner parts of the stomach.
Proverbs 29:22An angry man is the cause of fighting, and a man given to wrath does much wrong.
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 →