Proverbs 16:28
A froward man scattereth abroad strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
In Context
27A worthless man deviseth mischief: and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
29A man of violence enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him in a 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 any tree of the garden?
Proverbs 6:14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth evil continually; he soweth discord.
Proverbs 15:18A wrathful man stirreth up contention: 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 whisperer are as dainty, morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirreth up strife, and a wrathful 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 →