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Prov. 16:28 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

sendeth forth.

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froward.

Prov. 6:14,19• ¹⁴Deceits [are] in his heart;{HR}He deviseth mischief at all times;{HR}He sendeth out discords.
¹⁹A false witness breathing out lies,{HR}And he that sendeth out discords among brethren. (Prov. 6:14,19)

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Prov. 15:18• ¹⁸A furious man stirreth up contention;{HR}But one slow to anger appeaseth strife. (Prov. 15:18)

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Prov. 18:8• ⁸The words of a tale-bearer [are] as dainty morsels,{HR}And they go down to the chambers of the belly. (Prov. 18:8)

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Prov. 26:20‑22• ²⁰Where no wood is, the fire goeth out,{HR}And where no whisperer, the strife ceaseth.
²¹[As] coals to hot embers, and wood to fire,{HR}So a contentious man to kindle strife.
²²A whisperer's words [are] as dainty morsels,{HR}And they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. (Prov. 26:20‑22)

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Prov. 29:22• ²²An angry man exciteth contention;{HR}And a furious man aboundeth in transgression. (Prov. 29:22)

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Prov. 30:33• ³³For the pressing of milk bringeth forth butter,{HR}And the pressing of the nose bringeth forth blood;{HR}And the pressing of anger bringeth forth strife. (Prov. 30:33)

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1 Tim. 6:3‑5• ³If anyone teach differently, and accede not to sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that is according to piety,
⁴he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but sick about questionings and word-disputes, out of which cometh envy, strife, revilings, evil suspicions,
⁵wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that piety is gain. (1 Tim. 6:3‑5)

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James 3:14‑16• ¹⁴But if ye have bitter emulation and faction in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.
¹⁵This wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, natural, demoniacal.
¹⁶For where envying and faction [are], there disorder [is] and every bad deed. (James 3:14‑16)

soweth.

Heb. sendeth forth.

a whisperer.

Prov. 17:9• ⁹He that covereth a transgression seeketh love;{HR}But he that bringeth a matter up again separateth chief friends. (Prov. 17:9)

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Gen. 3:1‑13• ¹Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Jehovah Elohim had made. And it said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
²And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden;
³but of the fruit of the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
⁴And the serpent said to the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
⁵for God doth know that, in the day ye eat of it, your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.
⁶When the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that [it was] pleasant to the eyes, and the tree [was] desirable to make wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
⁷And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they [were] naked; and they joined together fig-leaves, and made themselves aprons .
⁸And they heard the voice of Jehovah Elohim walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah Elohim, in the midst of the trees of the garden.
⁹And Jehovah called to the man and said to him, Where art thou?
¹⁰And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and was afraid because I [was] naked, and hid myself.
¹¹And he said, Who told thee that thou [art] naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee not to eat?
¹²And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.
¹³And Jehovah Elohim said to the woman, What [is] this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate. (Gen. 3:1‑13)

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1 Sam. 24:9• ⁹And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt? (1 Sam. 24:9)

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Rom. 1:29• ²⁹being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, ill-will; whisperers, (Rom. 1:29)

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2 Cor. 12:20• ²⁰For I fear lest by any means on coming I find you not such as I wish, and I be found by you such as ye wish not; lest by any means [there be] strife, jealousy, wraths, feuds, slanderings, whisperings, swellings, confusions; (2 Cor. 12:20)

• Many are defiled by the recital of tales which a godly person would seek to cover and forbear ever to repeat. (“Proverbs Sixteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

A falsee man sowethf contention; and a talebearerg separateth very friends.

JND Translation Notes

Or "froward," as ch. 2.12.

Or "sendeth out."

Or "slanderer."

W. Kelly Translation

A frowarda man soweth contention:{HR}And a talebearer separateth chief friends.

WK Translation Notes

Or, false.