American Standard Version
"A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends. "
— Proverbs 16:28, American Standard Version
“A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.”
“A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.”
“A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.”
“A perverse man stirreth up quarrels: and one full of words separateth princes.”
“A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.”
“A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.”
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.
The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.
A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.
A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good.
He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.
The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness.