Proverbs 16:27-29

Easy-to-Read Version

²⁷Troublemakers create disasters. Their advice destroys like a wildfire.

²⁸Troublemakers are always causing problems. Their gossip breaks up the closest of friends.

²⁹Cruel people trick their neighbors and make them do wrong.

Proverbs 16:27-29

New International Version

²⁷A scoundrel^(A) plots evil,
and on their lips it is like a scorching fire.^(B)

²⁸A perverse person stirs up conflict,^(C)
and a gossip separates close friends.^(D)

²⁹A violent person entices their neighbor
and leads them down a path that is not good.^(E)

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