Proverbs 16:28 “A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.”

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

World English Bible

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

American Standard Version

A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Geneva Bible 1599

A frowarde person soweth strife: and a tale teller maketh diuision among princes.

Darby Translation

A false man soweth contention; and a talebearer separateth very friends.

Young's Literal Translation

A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

Bible in Basic English

A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.

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Cross references

“froward”

Proverbs 15:18 Proverbs 18:8 James 3:14–16 Proverbs 6:14 Proverbs 6:19 1 Timothy 6:3–5

Proverbs 15:18 · BSB

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.

Proverbs 18:8 · BSB

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

James 3:14–16 · BSB

But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.

Proverbs 6:14 · BSB

With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.

Proverbs 6:19 · BSB

a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

1 Timothy 6:3–5 · BSB

If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,

“a whisperer”

Proverbs 17:9 Romans 1:29 Genesis 3:1–13 1 Samuel 24:9 2 Corinthians 12:20

Proverbs 17:9 · BSB

Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.

Romans 1:29 · BSB

They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

Genesis 3:1–13 · BSB

Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”

1 Samuel 24:9 · BSB

and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?

2 Corinthians 12:20 · BSB

For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

27A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.

29A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.

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