Proverbs 16:28
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New International Version (©1984)
A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a gossip separates close friends.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
A perverse man spreads strife, And a slanderer separates intimate friends.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
A devious person spreads quarrels. A gossip separates the closest of friends.

King James Bible
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

American King James Version
A fraudulent man sows strife: and a whisperer separates chief friends.

American Standard Version
A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Bible in Basic English
A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A perverse man stirreth up quarrels: and one full of words separateth princes.

Darby Bible Translation
A false man soweth contention; and a talebearer separateth very friends.

English Revised Version
A froward man scattereth abroad strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Webster's Bible Translation
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

World English Bible
A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

Young's Literal Translation
A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

Geneva Study Bible

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

King James Translators' Notes

soweth: Heb. sendeth forth

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

28. (Compare Pr 6:14; 10:31).

whisperer-prater, talebearer (Pr 18:8; 26:20).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

16:27,28. Ungodly men bestow more pains to do mischief than would be needful to do good. The whisperer separates friends: what a hateful, but how common a character! 29,30. Some do all the mischief they can by force and violence, and are blind to the result. 31. Old people especially should be found in the way of religion and godliness. 32. To overcome our own passions, requires more steady management, than obtaining victory over an enemy. 33. All the disposal of Providence concerning our affairs, we must look upon to be the determining what we referred to God; and we must be reconciled to them accordingly. Blessed are those that give themselves up to the will of God; for he knows what is good for them.


Proverbs 16:27 A worthless man digs up evil, While his words are like scorching fire.
Proverbs 16:29 A man of violence entices his neighbor And leads him in a way that is not good. (NASB ©1995)

Abroad Cause Chief Close Contention Dissension Everywhere Evil Familiar Fighting Forth Friend Friends Froward Gossip Intimate Makes Perverse Purposes Scattereth Secretly Separates Separateth Slanderer Soweth Spreads Stirs Strife Tale-Bearer Trouble Twisted Whisperer


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

froward 6:14,19 15:18 18:8 26:20-22 29:22 30:33 1Ti 6:3-5 Jas 3:14-16

soweth 17:9 Ge 3:1 1Sa 24:9 Ro 1:29 2Co 12:20

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