Proverbs 16:28

Proverbs Of Solomon

²⁷ A worthless man digs up evil,
and his speech is like a scorching fire. ²⁸ A contrary man spreads conflict,
and a gossip separates close friends. ²⁹ A violent man lures his neighbor,
leading him in a way that is not good.

Scatters Abroad

Sows Discord

Stirs Up Strife

Proverbs 15:18

A hot-tempered man stirs up conflict,
but a man slow to anger calms strife.

Proverbs 17:9

Whoever conceals an offense promotes love,
but whoever gossips about it separates friends.

Proverbs 18:8

A gossip’s words are like choice food
that goes down to one’s innermost being.

Genesis 3:1-13

Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’?”

1 Samuel 24:9

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of people who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?

Proverbs 6:14

He always plots evil with perversity in his heart—
he stirs up trouble.

Proverbs 6:19

a lying witness who gives false testimony,
and one who stirs up trouble among brothers.

Proverbs 26:20-22

Without wood, fire goes out;
without a gossip, conflict dies down.

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirs up conflict,
and a hot-tempered man increases rebellion.

Proverbs 30:33

For the churning of milk produces butter,
and twisting a nose draws blood,
and stirring up anger produces strife.

Romans 1:29

They are filled with all unrighteousness, evil, greed, and wickedness. They are full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and I may not be found by you to be what you want; there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

1 Timothy 6:3-5

If anyone teaches other doctrine and does not agree with the sound teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ and with the teaching that promotes godliness,

James 3:14-16

But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth.