Proverbs 16:29
A transgressor tries to ensnare friends, and leads them in ways that are not good.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:11And it came to pass in that night, that Saul sent messengers to the house of David to watch him, in order to slay him in the morning; and Melchol + 19:11 Gr. his wife sent to David.David's wife told him, saying, Unless thou save thy life this night, to-morrow thou shalt be slain.
1 Samuel 22:7And Saul said to his servants that stood by him, Hear now, ye sons of Benjamin, will the son of Jessæ indeed give all of you fields and vineyards, and will he make you all captains of hundreds and captains of thousands?
Nehemiah 6:13and Tobias and Sanaballat had hired against me a multitude, that I might be frightened, and do this, and sin, and become to them an ill name, that they might reproach me.
Proverbs 2:12to deliver thee from the evil way, and from the man that speaks nothing faithfully.
Proverbs 12:26A just arbitrator shall be his own friend; but mischief shall pursue sinners; and the way of ungodly men shall lead them astray.
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 →