Proverbs 16:28
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
In Context
27An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
29A violent man enticeth his neighbor, 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 to 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 tale-bearer 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 →