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Proverbs 16:28

World English Bible

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

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Proverbs 16:28 in other translations

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

Proverbs 16:28 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 16:28 in context

  1. 26The appetite of the laboring man labors for him;
    for his mouth urges him on.
  2. 27A worthless man devises mischief.
    His speech is like a scorching fire.
  3. 28A perverse man stirs up strife.
    A whisperer separates close friends.
  4. 29A man of violence entices his neighbor,
    and leads him in a way that is not good.
  5. 30One who winks his eyes to plot perversities,
    one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.