Proverbs 16:28
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
KJV
Homo perversus suscitat lites, et verbosus separat principes.
Vulgate
ἀνὴρ σκολιὸς διαπέμπεται κακά, καὶ λαμπτῆρα δόλου πυρσεύσει κακοῖς, καὶ διαχωρίζει φίλους.
LXX
A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.
ASV
אִ֣ישׁ תַּ֭הְפֻּכוֹת יְשַׁלַּ֣ח מָד֑וֹן מַפְרִ֥יד אַלּֽוּף
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אַלּ֥וּף
'lvp
noun · 69×
יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ
ytprdv
verb · 26×
מָד֑וֹן
mdvn
noun · 17×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת
thpkvt
noun · 10×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Tim 6:3 — If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
- 2Cor 12:20 — For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings
- Gen 3:1 — Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
- Jas 3:14 — But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
- Prov 6:14 — Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
- Prov 6:19 — A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
- Prov 15:18 — A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
- Prov 15:18 — A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
- Prov 17:9 — He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
- Prov 17:9 — He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
- Prov 18:8 — The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
- Prov 18:8 — The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
- Prov 26:20 — Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
- Ps 41:7 — All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
- Rom 1:29 — Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
- Rom 1:29 — Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,