Proverbs 16:28

American Standard Version

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

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Proverbs 16:28 in other translations

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

Proverbs 16:28 · World English Bible

Proverbs 16:28 in context

  1. 26The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.
  2. 27A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
  3. 28A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.
  4. 29A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good.
  5. 30He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.