Proverbs 16:28

God's Word

A devious person spreads quarrels. A gossip separates the closest of friends.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:18

A hothead stirs up a fight, but one who holds his temper calms disputes.

Proverbs 16:27

A worthless person plots trouble, and his speech is like a burning fire.

Proverbs 16:29

A violent person misleads his neighbor and leads him on a path that is not good.

Proverbs 17:17

A friend always loves, and a brother is born to share trouble.

Proverbs 17:9

Whoever forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever keeps bringing up the issue separates the closest of friends.

Proverbs 18:6

By talking, a fool gets into an argument, and his mouth invites a beating.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a gossip are swallowed greedily, and they go down into a person’s innermost being.

Proverbs 29:22

An angry person stirs up a fight, and a hothead does much wrong.

Proverbs 30:33

As churning milk produces butter and punching a nose produces blood, so stirring up anger  produces a fight.

Proverbs 6:14

He devises evil all the time with a twisted mind. He spreads conflict.

Proverbs 6:19

a dishonest witness spitting out lies, and a person who spreads conflict among relatives.

Romans 1:29

Their lives are filled with all kinds of sexual sins, wickedness, and greed. They are mean. They are filled with envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and viciousness. They are gossips,

2 Corinthians 12:20

I’m afraid that I may come and find you different from what I want you to be, and that you may find me different from what you want me to be. I’m afraid that there may be rivalry, jealousy, hot tempers, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly conduct.

1 Samuel 24:9

David asked Saul, “Why do you listen to rumors that I am trying to harm you?