Proverbs 16:29
A ruthless man, enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him in a way, not good.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, sendeth forth strife, and, a tattler, separateth intimate friends.
30Closing his eyes, to devise perverse things, biting his lips, he hath plotted mischief.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:11And Saul sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to put him to death, in the morning! And Michal his wife told David, saying, If thou do not deliver thyself to-night, to-morrow, art thou to be put to death.
1 Samuel 22:7then said Saul unto his servants who were stationed by him—Hear, I pray you, ye Benjamites! What! even to all of you, will the son of Jesse give fields and vineyards? All of you, will he appoint to be princes of thousands, and princes of hundreds?
Nehemiah 6:13to this end, hired, he was, to the end that I might be afraid and do so, and might sin,—and it might serve them for an evil report, to the end they might bring reproach upon me.
Proverbs 2:12To rescue thee from the way of the wrongful, from the man that speaketh perverse things;
Proverbs 12:26The righteous man guideth his neighbour, but, the way of the lawless, leadeth 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 →