Proverbs 16:28
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.”
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“A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.”
King James Version · Public Domain“A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 16:28 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:1Now 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 24:9and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?
- Proverbs 6:14With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
- Proverbs 6:19a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
- Proverbs 15:18A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
- Proverbs 17:9Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.
- Proverbs 17:17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
- Proverbs 18:6A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
- Proverbs 18:8The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
- Proverbs 26:20Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
- Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
- Proverbs 30:33For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”
- Romans 1:29They 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,
- 2 Corinthians 12:20For 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.
- 1 Timothy 6:3If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,
- James 3:14But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
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