Proverbs 16:28
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 16
“A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.”Proverbs 16:28
What Does Proverbs 16:28 Mean?
Proverbs 16:28 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 16, verse 28 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 16 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (16)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 16:28 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 17:9“He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.”Proverbs 26:20“Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.”Proverbs 15:18“A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.”Proverbs 18:8“The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.”Psalms 41:7“All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.”Romans 1:29“Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,”James 3:14“But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.”Proverbs 6:14“Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.”2 Corinthians 12:20“For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:”Genesis 3:1“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?”Proverbs 6:19“A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.”1 Timothy 6:3“If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;”1 Samuel 24:9“And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?”Proverbs 2:12“To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;”Proverbs 30:33“Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.”Proverbs 29:22“An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.”
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