Proverbs 16:29
A violent man entices his neighbor, || And causes him to go in a way [that is] not good.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
In Context
28A contrary man sends forth contention, || A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.
30Consulting his eyes to devise contrary things, || Moving his lips he has accomplished evil.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:11And Saul sends messengers to the house of David to watch him, and to put him to death in the morning; and his wife Michal declares [it] to David, saying, “If you are not delivering your life tonight—tomorrow you are put to death.”
1 Samuel 22:7And Saul says to his servants who are standing by him, “Now hear, sons of Benjamin; does the son of Jesse also give fields and vineyards to all of you? Does he appoint all of you [to be] heads of thousands and heads of hundreds?
Nehemiah 6:13so that he [is] a hired worker, that I may fear and do so, and I had sinned, and it had been to them for an evil name that they may reproach me.
Proverbs 2:12To deliver you from an evil way, || From any speaking contrary things,
Proverbs 12:26The righteous searches his companion, || And the way of the wicked causes them to err.
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 →