A moment in scripture
Proverbs 16:28
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A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 16:26
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
- Proverbs 16:27
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
- Proverbs 16:29
A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
- Proverbs 16:30
He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.