Proverbs 16:29

The Message

Calloused climbers betray their very own friends; they’d stab their own grandmothers in the back.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:9

The loose tongue of the godless spreads destruction; the common sense of the godly preserves them.

Proverbs 12:26

A good person survives misfortune, but a wicked life invites disaster.

Proverbs 16:28

Troublemakers start fights; gossips break up friendships.

Proverbs 16:30

A shifty eye betrays an evil intention; a clenched jaw signals trouble ahead.

2 Peter 3:17

But you, friends, are well-warned. Be on guard lest you lose your footing and get swept off your feet by these lawless and loose-talking teachers. Grow in grace and understanding of our Master and Savior, Jesus Christ. Glory to the Master, now and forever! Yes!

1 Samuel 19:11

Saul sent men to David’s house to stake it out and then, first thing in the morning, to kill him. But Michal, David’s wife, told him what was going on. “Quickly now—make your escape tonight. If not, you’ll be dead by morning!” She let him out of a window, and he made his escape. Then Michal took a dummy god and put it in the bed, placed a wig of goat’s hair on its head, and threw a quilt over it. When Saul’s men arrived to get David, she said, “He’s sick in bed.”

1 Samuel 19:17

Saul stormed at Michal: “How could you play tricks on me like this? You sided with my enemy, and now he’s gotten away!”