28 A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.

Other Translations of Proverbs 16:28

King James Version

28 A froward man soweth soweth: Heb. sendeth forth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

English Standard Version

28 A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

The Message

28 Troublemakers start fights; gossips break up friendships.

New King James Version

28 A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the best of friends.

New Living Translation

28 A troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 16:28

Commentary on Proverbs 16:27-28

(Read Proverbs 16:27-28)

Ungodly men bestow more pains to do mischief than would be needful to do good. The whisperer separates friends: what a hateful, but how common a character!