Proverbs 16:28 - Tree of Life Version

²⁸ A perverse person sows strife, 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.

Proverbs 16:28 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 15:18

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.

Proverbs 16:27

A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and on his lips is a scorching fire.

Proverbs 16:29

A violent person lures his neighbor, leading him down a path that is no good.

Proverbs 17:17

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

Proverbs 17:9

Whoever covers up an offense seeks love. Whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.

Proverbs 18:6

The lips of a fool enter into an argument and his mouth invites a beating.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a gossip are tasty morsels, going down into one’s innermost being.

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirs up dissention, and a hotheaded one commits many transgressions.

Proverbs 30:33

For as churning milk produces butter, and twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.

Proverbs 6:14

who continually plots evil with deceit in his heart stirring up strife.

Proverbs 6:19

a false witness who spouts lies, and one who stirs up strife among brothers.

Romans 1:29

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

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I am afraid that perhaps when I come, I may find you not as I wish, or I may be found by you not as you wish—that there may be strife, envy, outbursts of anger, self-seeking disputes, lashon ha-ra , gossip, arrogance, unruly commotions.

1 Samuel 24:9

Then David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to men’s words saying: ‘Look, David intends you harm’?