Proverbs 16:28
A frowarde person soweth strife: and a tale teller maketh diuision among princes.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
In Context
27A wicked man diggeth vp euill, and in his lippes is like burning fire.
29A wicked man deceiueth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
Cross References
Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more subtill then any beast of the fielde, which the Lord God had made: and he said to the woman, Yea, hath God in deede said, Ye shall not eate of euery tree of the garden?
Proverbs 6:14Lewde things are in his heart: he imagineth euill at all times, and raiseth vp contentions.
Proverbs 15:18An angrie man stirreth vp strife: but hee that is slowe to wrath, appeaseth strife.
Proverbs 17:17A friende loueth at all times: and a brother is borne for aduersitie.
Proverbs 18:8The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.
Proverbs 29:22An angrie man stirreth vp strife, and a furious 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 →