Proverbs 16:29
A man of violence entices his neighbor,and leads him in a way that is not good.
New Heart English 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 man stirs up strife.A whisperer separates close friends.
30One who winks his eyes to plot perversities,one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:11Saul sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning. Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, "If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed."
1 Samuel 22:7Saul said to his servants who stood about him, "Hear now, you Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse give everyone of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,
Nehemiah 6:13He hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an unfavorable report, that they might taunt me.
Proverbs 2:12to deliver you from the way of evil,from the men who speak perverse things;
Proverbs 12:26A righteous person is cautious in friendship,but the way of the wicked leads 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 →