Proverbs 16:28
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
King James Version
In Context
27An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
29A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
Cross References
Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Proverbs 6:14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
Proverbs 15:18A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Proverbs 17:17A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 18:8The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirreth up 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 →