Catholic Public Domain Version
"A perverse man stirs up lawsuits. And one who is verbose divides leaders. "
— Proverbs 16:28, Catholic Public Domain Version
“A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.”
“A perverse man scattereth abroad 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 seems right to a man, and its end result leads to death.
The soul of the laborer labors for himself, because his mouth has driven him to it.
The impious man digs up evil, and in his lips is a burning fire.
A perverse man stirs up lawsuits. And one who is verbose divides leaders.
A man of iniquity entices his friend, and he leads him along a way that is not good.
Whoever, with astonished eyes, thinks up depravities, biting his lips, accomplishes evil.
Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice.