Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
In Context
27A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
29A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
Cross References
Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
Proverbs 6:14With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
Proverbs 15:18A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
Proverbs 17:17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 18:8The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered 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 →