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Proverbs 16:28

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28A contrary person spreads conflict,

and a gossip separates close friends.c

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Cross references

  1. cPr 6:14,19; 17:9; 26:20–21; 28:25

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

A dishonest man spreads strife,

and a whisperer separates close friends.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A perverse person stirs up conflict,

and a gossip separates close friends.

NLTNew Living Translation

A troublemaker plants seeds of strife;

gossip separates the best of friends.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

A person of perversity will spread dissent,

and he who whispers separates a close friend.

KJV 1900King James Version

A froward man soweth strife:

And a whisperer separateth chief friends.