Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

General references

Bible References

Froward

Proverbs 6:14
He always plots evil with perversity in his heart—
he stirs up trouble.
Proverbs 15:18
A hot-tempered man stirs up conflict,
but a man slow to anger calms strife.
Proverbs 18:8
A gossip’s words are like choice food
that goes down to one’s innermost being.
Proverbs 26:20
Without wood, fire goes out;
without a gossip, conflict dies down.
Proverbs 29:22
An angry man stirs up conflict,
and a hot-tempered man increases rebellion.
Proverbs 30:33
For the churning of milk produces butter,
and twisting a nose draws blood,
and stirring up anger produces strife.
1 Timothy 6:3
If anyone teaches other doctrine and does not agree with the sound teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ and with the teaching that promotes godliness,
James 3:14
But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth.

A whisperer

Proverbs 17:9
Whoever conceals an offense promotes love,
but whoever gossips about it separates friends.
Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’?”
1 Samuel 24:9
David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of people who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?
Romans 1:29
They are filled with all unrighteousness, evil, greed, and wickedness. They are full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
2 Corinthians 12:20
For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and I may not be found by you to be what you want; there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

General references

1 Samuel 24:9
David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of people who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?

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