Proverbs 16:28

A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.

Cross References (14)

  • Proverbs 17:9 (8)

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

  • James 3:14–16 (5)

    But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.

  • Romans 1:29 (5)

    They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife

  • Proverbs 15:18 (5)

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

  • Proverbs 18:8 (5)

    The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

  • Proverbs 6:14 (4)

    With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.

  • Genesis 3:1–13 (3)

    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 G

  • 1 Timothy 6:3–5 (3)

    If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,

  • Proverbs 6:19 (3)

    a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

  • Proverbs 30:33 (2)

    For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings for

  • 2 Corinthians 12:20 (2)

    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 m

  • 1 Samuel 24:9 (2)

    and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?

  • Proverbs 26:20–22 (2)

    Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.

  • Proverbs 29:22 (1)

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