Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man stirreth up quarrels: and one full of words separateth princes.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
In Context
27The wicked man diggeth evil, and in his lips is a burning fire.
29An unjust man allureth his friend: and leadeth him into a way that is not good
Cross References
Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of the earth which the Lord God made. And he said to the woman: Why hath God commanded you, that you should not eat of every tree of paradise?
Proverbs 6:14With a wicked heart he deviseth evil, and at all times he soweth discord.
Proverbs 15:18A passionate man stirreth up strifes: he that is patient appeaseth those that are stirred up.
Proverbs 17:17He that is a friend loveth at all times: and a brother is proved in distress.
Proverbs 18:8The words of the double tongued are as if they were harmless: and they reach even to the inner parts of the bowels. Fear casteth down the slothful: and the souls of the effeminate shall be hungry.
Proverbs 29:22A passionate man provoketh quarrels: and he that is easily stirred up to wrath, shall be more prone to sin.
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 →