Proverbs 16:28

In 11 translations

BSB

A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.

KJV

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

WEB

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

ASV

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

LSV

A contrary man sends forth contention, || A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

YLT

A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

A frowarde person soweth strife: and a tale teller maketh diuision among princes.

JPS

A froward man soweth strife; and a whisperer separateth familiar friends.

LXXE

A perverse man spreads mischief, and will kindle a torch of deceit with mischiefs; and he separates friends.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אִ֣ישׁ תַּ֭הְפֻּכוֹת יְשַׁלַּ֣ח מָד֑וֹן וְ֝נִרְגָּ֗ן מַפְרִ֥יד אַלּֽוּף׃Small letter(s). Shown as small letters without a superscript note number.

LXX-Br

Ἀνὴρ σκολιὸς διαπέμπεται κακὰ, καὶ λαμπτῆρα δόλου πυρσεύσει κακοῖς, καὶ διαχωρίζει φίλους.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 17:9Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.
• Romans 1:29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
• James 3:14–16But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth. Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish…
• Proverbs 18:8The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
• Proverbs 15:18A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
• Proverbs 6:14With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
• Genesis 3:1–13Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’” The woman answered the serpent,…
• 1 Timothy 6:3–5If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching, he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies…
• Proverbs 6:19a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
• 1 Samuel 24:9and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?
• Proverbs 30:33For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”
• 2 Corinthians 12:20For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
• Proverbs 26:20–22Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases. Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into…
• Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.

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