Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
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Proverbs 6:14, 19
With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord. . . .

Proverbs 15:18
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.

Proverbs 18:8
A gossip's words are like choice morsels, and they sink into the inmost being.

Proverbs 26:20-22
Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases. . . .

Proverbs 29:22
An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.

Proverbs 30:33
For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.

1 Timothy 6:3-5
If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching, . . .

James 3:14-16
But if you harbor in your hearts bitter jealousy and selfish ambition, do not boast in it or deny the truth. . . .

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Proverbs 17:9
Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.

Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat of any tree in the garden?'"

1 Samuel 24:9
and said to Saul, "Why do you listen to the words of men who say, 'Look, David intends to harm you'?

Romans 1:29
They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and hatred. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

2 Corinthians 12:20
For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
A perverse man spreads strife, And a slanderer separates intimate friends.

King James Bible
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A contrary man spreads conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.

International Standard Version
A deceitful man stirs dissension, and anyone who gossips separates friends.

NET Bible
A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
An evil man provokes judgment and persecutes his friends without cause.
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