Proverbs 16:29
Violent people lure their friends, and lead them in a direction that's not good for them.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
In Context
28Quarrelsome people cause conflict, and a gossip comes between the closest friends.
30People who give you a sly wink are plotting bad things; they purse their lips and make evil happen.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:11Saul sent some messengers to David's house to keep watch and kill him in the morning. But Michal, David's wife, warned him, “If you don't get away tonight, tomorrow you'll be killed.”
1 Samuel 22:7Saul said to them, “Listen to me, you men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse going to give all of you fields and vineyards and make you commanders and officers in the army?
Nehemiah 6:13They'd hired him thinking I'd be scared into doing something wrong. Then they'd be able to point the finger and ruin my reputation.
Proverbs 2:12Doing this will save you from the ways of evil, from men who tell twisted lies,
Proverbs 12:26Good people look out for their friends, but the way the wicked live leads 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 →