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Proverbs 16:28 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 16 · verse 28
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.Proverbs 16:28 · King James Version
Proverbs 16:28 in context
26He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
27An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
28A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
29A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
30He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- separatethpâradto break throughH6504 →
- whisperernirgâna slandererH5372 →
- frowardtahpukâha perversity or fraudH8419 →
- sowethshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
- strifemâdôwna contest or quarrelH4066 →
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There are those that are not only vicious themselves, but spiteful and mischievous to others, and they are the worst of men; two sorts of such are here described: - 1. Such as envy a man the honour of his good name, and do all they can to blast that by calumnies and misrepresentations: They dig up evil;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 27-28