Proverbs 16:29
A man of violence lies to his neighbor 1 and leads him down a path that is not good. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
In Context
28A perverse person stirs up conflict 1 and a gossip separates close friends. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:11Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch him that he might kill him in the morning. Michal, David's wife, told him, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”
1 Samuel 22:7Saul said to his servants who stood around him, “Listen now, people of Benjamin! Will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards? Will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,
Nehemiah 6:13They hired him to make me afraid, so that I might do what he said and sin, so they could give me a bad name in order to humiliate me.
Proverbs 2:12They will rescue you from the way of evil, 1 from those who speak perverse things, 1
Proverbs 12:26The righteous person is a guide for his friend, 1 but the way of the wicked leads them astray. 1
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 →