Proverbs 16:29
A man of iniquity entices his friend, and he leads him along a way that is not good.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
In Context
28A perverse man stirs up lawsuits. And one who is verbose divides leaders.
30Whoever, with astonished eyes, thinks up depravities, biting his lips, accomplishes evil.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:11Therefore, Saul sent his guards to David’s house, so that they might watch for him, and so that he might be killed in the morning. And after Michal, his wife, had reported this to David, saying, “Unless you save yourself this night, tomorrow you will die,”
1 Samuel 22:7he said to his servants who were assisting him: “Listen now, you sons of Benjamin! Will the son of Jesse give to all of you fields and vineyards, and will he make all of you tribunes or centurions,
Nehemiah 6:13For he had accepted money, so that I would be afraid, and would sin, and so that they would have some evil with which to rebuke me.
Proverbs 2:12so that you may be rescued from the evil way, and from the man who speaks perversities,
Proverbs 12:26He who ignores a loss for the sake of a friend is just. But the way of the impious will deceive them.
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 →