Proverbs 16:28 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁸ A contrary person spreads conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ A froward man soweth strife: And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ A perverse man sows strife, and a whisperer separates close friends. [Prov. 17:9.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Common English Bible

²⁸ Destructive people produce conflict; gossips alienate close friends.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ A perverse man stirs up lawsuits. And one who is verbose divides leaders.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ A perverse man stirreth up quarrels: and one full of words separateth princes.

Proverbs 16:28 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 15:18

A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but one slow to anger  calms strife.

Proverbs 16:27

A worthless person digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.

Proverbs 16:29

A violent person lures his neighbour, leading him on a path that is not good.

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a difficult time.

Proverbs 17:9

Whoever conceals an offence promotes love, but whoever gossips about it separates friends.

Proverbs 18:6

A fool’s lips lead to strife, and his mouth provokes a beating.

Proverbs 18:8

A gossip’s words are like delicacies that go down to one’s innermost being.  ,

Proverbs 29:22

An angry person stirs up conflict, and a hot-tempered one  increases rebellion.

Proverbs 30:33

For the churning of milk produces butter, and twisting a nose draws blood, and stirring up anger produces strife.

Proverbs 6:14

He always plots evil  with perversity in his heart; he stirs up trouble.

Proverbs 6:19

a lying witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up trouble among brothers.

Romans 1:29

They are filled with all unrighteousness,  evil, greed, and wickedness. They are full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and you may not find me to be what you want. Perhaps there will be quarrelling,  jealousy,  angry outbursts, selfish ambitions,  slander,  gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

1 Samuel 24:9

David said to Saul, ‘Why do you listen to the words of people who say, “Look, David intends to harm you”?