Proverbs 16:28
Deceitful people cause strife/quarreling among other people; those who say false things about other people cause people who are friends to become enemies.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 3:1The snake was more cunning than all the other wild animals that Yahweh God had made. One day Satan gave to the snake the ability to talk to the woman. The snake said to her, “Did God really say to you, ‘Do not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the park/garden’?”
Proverbs 6:14They plan to do evil things. They constantly cause strife/trouble.
Proverbs 15:18Those who quickly become angry cause arguments/quarreling, but those who do not quickly become angry cause people to act peacefully.
Proverbs 17:17Friends love others all the time, and relatives are able to help us when we have troubles.
Proverbs 18:8People enjoy listening to what gossips say like [SIM] they enjoy tasty food; they accept what gossips tell them like [MET] they swallow tasty food.
Proverbs 29:22Those who quickly become angry cause many arguments, and they also commit many sins.
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 →