Proverbs 16:28

New Century Version

A useless person causes trouble, and a gossip ruins friendships.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:18

People with quick tempers cause trouble, but those who control their tempers stop a quarrel.

Proverbs 16:27

Useless people make evil plans, and their words are like a burning fire.

Proverbs 16:29

Cruel people trick their neighbors and lead them to do wrong.

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loves you all the time, and a brother helps in time of trouble.

Proverbs 17:9

Whoever forgives someone’s sin makes a friend, but gossiping about the sin breaks up friendships.

Proverbs 18:6

The words of fools start quarrels. They make people want to beat them.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a gossip are like tasty bits of food. People like to gobble them up.

Proverbs 29:22

An angry person causes trouble; a person with a quick temper sins a lot.

Proverbs 30:33

Just as stirring milk makes butter, and twisting noses makes them bleed, so stirring up anger causes trouble.”

Proverbs 6:14

They make evil plans in their hearts and are always starting arguments.

Proverbs 6:19

a witness who lies, and someone who starts arguments among families.

Romans 1:29

They are filled with every kind of sin, evil, selfishness, and hatred. They are full of jealousy, murder, fighting, lying, and thinking the worst about each other. They gossip

2 Corinthians 12:20

I am afraid that when I come, you will not be what I want you to be, and I will not be what you want me to be. I am afraid that among you there may be arguing, jealousy, anger, selfish fighting, evil talk, gossip, pride, and confusion.

1 Samuel 24:9

He said to Saul, “Why do you listen when people say, ‘David wants to harm you’?