Proverbs 16:28

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Summary

Proverbs 16:28

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

Froward

A whisperer

2 Corinthians 12:20

General references

1 Samuel 24:9

Bible References

Froward

Who with perversity in his heart continually devises evil,
Who

spreads strife.

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife,
But the slow to anger calms a dispute.

The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,
And they go down into the innermost parts of the body.

For lack of wood the fire goes out,
And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down.

An angry man stirs up strife,
And a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.

For the churning of milk produces butter,
And pressing the nose brings forth blood;
So the churning of anger produces strife.

If anyone advocates a different doctrine and does not agree with sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine conforming to godliness,

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.

A whisperer

He who conceals a transgression seeks love,
But he who repeats a matter separates intimate friends.

Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?”

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks to harm you’?

being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,

For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;

General references

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks to harm you’?