Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
A man of perverseness shall send forth strife: and a tale-bearer separates 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.
A Conservative Version
A perverse man scatters abroad strife, and a whisperer separates chief 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.
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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Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
27 A man of Belial dug up evil, and upon his lips, as a burning fire. 28 A man of perverseness shall send forth strife: and a tale-bearer separates friends. 29 A man of violence will seduce his neighbor, and he caused him to go in a way not good.
Cross References
Proverbs 15:18
A man of wrath will excite strife: and he slow to anger will appease contention.
Proverbs 17:9
He covering transgression seeks love; and he perverting in the word, separates a, friend.
Proverbs 18:8
The words of the tale-bearer as dainty morsels, and they will go down to the chambers of the belly.
Genesis 3:1-13
And the serpent was crafty above every beast of the field which Jehovah God made; and he will say to the woman, Is it because God said ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
1 Samuel 24:9
And David will say to Saul, Why wilt thou hear the words of man, saying, Behold, David is seeking thy hurt?
Proverbs 6:14
Perverseness in his heart, fabricating evil in all time, he will send forth strifes.
Proverbs 6:19
A witness of falsehood, breathing out lies, and sending strife between brethren.
Proverbs 26:20-22
In the ceasing of wood, fire will go out: and in not being a tale-bearer, strife will subside.
Proverbs 29:22
A man of anger will excite strife, and the possessor of wrath increased transgression.
Proverbs 30:33
For the pressure of milk will bring forth cheese, and the pressure of the nose will bring forth blood: and the pressure of wrath will, bring forth contention.
Romans 1:29
Having been filled with all injustice, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, badness; full of envy, slaughter, strife, deceit, malignity,
2 Corinthians 12:20
For I am afraid, lest somehow, having come, I find you not such; as I will, and I find you such as ye wish not: lest somehow, strifes, jealousies, wraths, intrigues, calumnies, whisperings, inflations, derangements:
1 Timothy 6:3-5
If any teach otherwise, and come not up to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine according to devotion;
James 3:14-16
And if ye have bitter envy and intrigue in your heart, boast not, and lie not against the truth.