Proverbs 16:29

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Nehemiah 6:13

He was hired for this purpose, to intimidate me and make me sin by acting in this way, and so they could give me a bad name, in order to taunt me.

Proverbs 11:9

With their mouths the godless would destroy their neighbors, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

Proverbs 12:26

The righteous are released from misfortune, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Proverbs 16:28

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

Proverbs 16:30

One who winks the eyes plans perverse things; one who compresses the lips brings evil to pass.

Proverbs 3:31

Do not envy the violent, and do not choose any of their ways,

2 Peter 3:17

You therefore, beloved, since you are forewarned, beware that you are not carried away with the error of the lawless and lose your own stability.

1 Samuel 19:11

Saul sent messengers to David’s house to keep watch over him, planning to kill him in the morning. David’s wife Michal told him, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”

1 Samuel 19:17

Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me like this and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?” Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go; why should I kill you?’ ”