Proverbi 16:28

La Nuova Diodati

Luomo perverso semina contese, e chi calunnia separa gli amici migliori.

Parallel Translations

Riveduta Bibbia
L’uomo perverso semina contese, e il maldicente disunisce gli amici migliori.

Giovanni Diodati Bibbia
L’uomo perverso commette contese; E chi va sparlando disunisce gli amici.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

froward: Proverbs 6:14, Proverbs 6:19, Proverbs 15:18, Proverbs 18:8, Proverbs 26:20-22, Proverbs 29:22, Proverbs 30:33, 1 Timothy 6:3-5, James 3:14-16

soweth: Heb. sendeth forth

a whisperer: Proverbs 17:9, Genesis 3:1-13, 1 Samuel 24:9, Romans 1:29, 2 Corinthians 12:20

Reciprocal: Psalms 41:7 - whisper Proverbs 2:12 - from the man Proverbs 18:6 - fool's

Gill's Notes on the Bible

A froward man soweth strife,.... Or "a man of perversenesses" q; in whose heart is frowardness and perverseness; and whose mouth speaketh froward and perverse things, contrary to reason, law, and Gospel; and who has a spirit of contradiction, and is contrary to all men in his principles and practices; such a man sows discord and strife wherever he comes, in families, in neighbourhoods, in churches, in commonwealths, in civil and religious societies; and he seldom fails of finding a soil fit for his purpose, or ground susceptive of the seed he sows, where it takes root and thrives; see Proverbs 6:19;

and a whisperer separateth chief friends; one that goes from place to place, from house to house, carrying tales, whispering into the ears of persons things prejudicial to the characters of others, mere lies and falsehoods; such a man by his conduct separates one friend from another, even chief friends, that have been for a long time in the closest and most intimate friendship; he alienates their minds one from another, so that they will not come near one another, or keep up any correspondence as before. The word for "chief friends" is in the singular number, and signifies a prince or leader; and such men, according to the station they are in, and the influence they have, separate princes, as the Vulgate Latin version renders it, from their subjects, and stir up the latter to rebel against them; at least alienate their affections from them; and pastors of churches from their flocks, and husbands from their wives: and such a man, at last, when found out, separates his best friends from himself, as well as from one another; who drop him as a worthless person, yea, as dangerous to converse with; so sin, that whisperer and agitator, separates between God and men, Isaiah 59:2.

q איש תהפכות "vir perversitatum", Montanus, Baynus, Schultens; "vir perversitatibus deditus", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The four verses speak of the same thing, and the well-known opprobrious name, the “man of Belial,” stands at the head as stigmatizing the man who delights in causing the mischief of which they treat.

Diggeth up evil - i. e., Digs an evil pit for others to fall into. Compare Psalms 7:15.

Proverbs 16:30

The physiognomy of the man of Belial, the half-closed eyes that never look you straight in the face, the restlessness or cunning of which biting the lips is the surest indication. Compare Proverbs 6:13.