Proverbs 16:28

Modern English Version

A perverse man sows strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:18

An angry man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger pacifies a quarrel.

Proverbs 16:27

An ungodly man digs up evil; in his speech is a scorching fire.

Proverbs 16:29

A violent man entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loves at all times, but a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 17:9

He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates the best of friends.

Proverbs 18:6

The lips of a fool enter into contention, and his mouth calls for a beating.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a slanderer are like tasty morsels; they go down into the innermost parts of the heart.

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirs up strife, and a temperamental man abounds in transgression.

Proverbs 30:33

For as the churning of the milk produces butter, and the wringing of the nose produces blood, so the forcing of wrath produces strife.

Proverbs 6:14

perverseness is in his heart, he devises evil continually, he sows discord.

Proverbs 6:19

a false witness who speaks lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

Romans 1:29

They were filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and craftiness. They are gossips,

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I fear that when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found by you such as you do not wish. I fear there are debates, envying, wrath, strife, backbiting, whispering, arrogance, and disorder.

1 Samuel 24:9

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men saying, ‘Behold, David seeks your harm’?