Proverbs 16:29
A transgressor tries to ensnare friends, and leads them in ways that are not good.
LXX2012 (US English)
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 kill him in the morning; and Melchol + 19:11 Gr. his wife sent to David. David's wife told him, saying, Unless you save your life this night, to-morrow you shall be slain.
1 Samuel 22:7And Saul said to his servants that stood by him, Hear now, you⌃ sons of Benjamin, will the son of Jessae 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 you 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 →