Proverbs 16:29
A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
King James Version
In Context
28A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
30He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:11Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
1 Samuel 22:7Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
Nehemiah 6:13Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
Proverbs 2:12To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
Proverbs 12:26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
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 →