NET Bible
"A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends."
— Proverbs 16:28, NET Bible
“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 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 that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.
A laborer’s appetite has labored for him, for his hunger has pressed him to work.
A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.
A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.
A violent person entices his neighbor, and then leads him down a path that is terrible.
The one who winks his eyes devises perverse things, and one who compresses his lips has accomplished evil.
Gray hair is like a crown of glory; it is attained in the path of righteousness.