Matthew Henry · Verses 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!
Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.
World English Bible
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WEBBE
A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.
BSB
A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
KJV
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
ASV
A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.
BBE
A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.
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