Proverbs 16:28
A froward man soweth strife; and a whisperer separateth familiar friends.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
In Context
27An ungodly man diggeth up evil, and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
29A man of violence enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into a way that is not good.
Cross References
Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman: 'Yea, hath God said: Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'
Proverbs 6:14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth evil continually; he soweth discord.
Proverbs 15:18A wrathful man stirreth up discord; but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Proverbs 17:17A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 18:8The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirreth up strife, and a wrathful man aboundeth 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 →