Proverbs 16:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

A perverse person spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

A perverse man sows strife, and a whisperer separates close friends. [Prov. 17:9.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Destructive people produce conflict; gossips alienate close friends.

Catholic Public Domain Version

A perverse man stirs up lawsuits. And one who is verbose divides leaders.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

A perverse man stirreth up quarrels: and one full of words separateth princes.

Proverbs 16:28 Cross References

Proverbs 15:18

Those who are hot-tempered stir up strife, but those who are slow to anger calm contention.

Proverbs 16:27

Scoundrels concoct evil, and their speech is like a scorching fire.

Proverbs 16:29

The violent entice their neighbors and lead them in a way that is not good.

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loves at all times, and kinsfolk are born to share adversity.

Proverbs 17:9

One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend.

Proverbs 18:6

A fool’s lips bring strife, and a fool’s mouth invites a flogging.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

Proverbs 29:22

One given to anger stirs up strife, and the hothead causes much transgression.

Proverbs 30:33

For as pressing milk produces curds and pressing the nose produces blood, so pressing anger produces strife.

Proverbs 6:14

with perverted mind devising evil, continually sowing discord;

Proverbs 6:19

a lying witness who testifies falsely, and one who sows discord in a family.

Romans 1:29

They were filled with every kind of injustice, evil, covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, craftiness, they are gossips,

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I fear that when I come I may find you not as I wish and that you may find me not as you wish; I fear that there may perhaps be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

1 Samuel 24:9

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of those who say, ‘David seeks to do you harm’?