Proverbs 16:28

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Proverbs 16:26–30 · Berean Standard Bible

26 A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.

27 A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.

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

29 A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.

30 He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 6:14

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

Proverbs 6:19

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

Proverbs 15:18

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

Proverbs 18:8

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

Proverbs 26:20

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

Proverbs 26:21

Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

Proverbs 26:22

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

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

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

1 Timothy 6:4

he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and semantics, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,

1 Timothy 6:5

and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.

James 3:14

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

James 3:15

Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

James 3:16

For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.

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 from any tree in the garden?’”

Genesis 3:2

The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,

Genesis 3:3

but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”

Genesis 3:4

“You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.

Genesis 3:5

“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Genesis 3:6

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

Genesis 3:7

And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.

Genesis 3:8

Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

Genesis 3:9

But the LORD God called out to the man, “Where are you?”

Genesis 3:10

“I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”

Genesis 3:11

“Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”

Genesis 3:12

And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

Genesis 3:13

Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”

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 depravity. 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.