Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
A perverse man scatters abroad strife, and a whisperer separates chief friends.
New American Standard Bible
And a slanderer separates intimate friends.
King James Version
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Holman Bible
and a gossip separates close friends.
International Standard Version
A deceitful man stirs dissension, and anyone who gossips separates friends.
American Standard Version
A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Amplified
A perverse man spreads strife,
And one who gossips separates intimate friends.
Bible in Basic English
A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.
Darby Translation
A false man soweth contention; and a talebearer separateth very friends.
Julia Smith Translation
A man of perverseness shall send forth strife: and a tale-bearer separates friends.
King James 2000
A perverse man sows strife: and a whisperer separates best friends.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A person of perversity will spread dissent, and he who whispers separates a close friend.
Modern King James verseion
A perverse man causes fighting, and a whisperer separates chief friends.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A froward body causeth strife; and he that is a babble of his tongue, maketh division among princes.
NET Bible
A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.
New Heart English Bible
A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.
The Emphasized Bible
A perverse man, sendeth forth strife, and, a tattler, separateth intimate friends.
Webster
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
World English Bible
A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.
Youngs Literal Translation
A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.
Themes
Evil » Sowing » Sowing evil, on the part of the wicked
Evil » Whispering » Evil whispering, general references to
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Evil whispering, general references to
Slander » Effects of » Separating friends
Sowing » Evil, on the part of the wicked
Sowing and reaping » Sowing evil, on the part of the wicked
Speaking, evil » Whispering, evil, general references to
Speech/communication » Whisperers (gossipers)
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 16:28
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Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
27 A worthless man devises mischief, and in his lips there is as a scorching fire. 28 A perverse man scatters abroad strife, and a whisperer separates chief friends. 29 A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.
Cross References
Proverbs 15:18
A wrathful man stirs up contention, but he who is slow to anger appeases strife.
Proverbs 17:9
He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates chief friends.
Proverbs 18:8
The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts.
Genesis 3:1-13
Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, Yea, has God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?
1 Samuel 24:9
And David said to Saul, Why do thou hearken to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeks thy hurt?
Proverbs 6:14
in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who sows discord.
Proverbs 6:19
a FALSE witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
Proverbs 26:20-22
For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, contention ceases.
Proverbs 29:22
An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in transgression.
Proverbs 30:33
For the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood, so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.
Romans 1:29
having been filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity;
2 Corinthians 12:20
For I fear lest somehow, having come, I may find you not such as I want, and I may be found by you such as ye do not want, lest somehow there be strifes, envyings, wraths, selfish ambitions, slanderings, whisperings, puffings up, t
1 Timothy 6:3-5
If any man teaches something different, and does not associate with wholesome words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine according to piety,
James 3:14-16
But if ye have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast, and do not lie against the truth.