Proverbs 16:28

Proverbs Of Solomon

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A worthless man devises and digs up evil,
And the words on his lips are like a scorching fire.
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A perverse man spreads strife,
And one who gossips separates intimate friends.
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A violent and exceedingly covetous man entices his neighbor [to sin],
And leads him in a way that is not good.

Scatters Abroad

Sows Discord

Stirs Up Strife

Proverbs 15:18

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife,
But he who is slow to anger and patient calms disputes.

Proverbs 17:9

He who covers and forgives an offense seeks love,
But he who repeats or gossips about a matter separates intimate friends.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a whisperer (gossip) are like dainty morsels [to be greedily eaten];
They go down into the innermost chambers of the body [to be remembered and mused upon].

Genesis 3:1-13

Now the serpent was more crafty (subtle, skilled in deceit) than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made. And the serpent (Satan) said to the woman, “Can it really be that God has said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?”

1 Samuel 24:9

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘David seeks to harm you?’

Proverbs 6:14

Who perversely in his heart plots trouble and evil continually;
Who spreads discord and strife.

Proverbs 6:19

A false witness who breathes out lies [even half-truths],
And one who spreads discord (rumors) among brothers.

Proverbs 26:20-22

For lack of wood the fire goes out,
And where there is no whisperer [who gossips], contention quiets down.

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirs up strife,
And a hot-tempered and undisciplined man commits many transgressions.

Proverbs 30:33

Surely the churning of milk produces butter,
And wringing the nose produces blood;
So the churning of anger produces strife.

Romans 1:29

until they were filled (permeated, saturated) with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice and mean-spiritedness. They are gossips [spreading rumors],

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you not to be as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish—that perhaps there may be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder;

1 Timothy 6:3-5

If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine and teaching which is in agreement with godliness (personal integrity, upright behavior),

James 3:14-16

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be arrogant, and [as a result] be in defiance of the truth.