Proverbs 16:27-29

The Message

²⁷Mean people spread mean gossip;
their words smart and burn.

²⁸Troublemakers start fights;
gossips break up friendships.

²⁹Calloused climbers betray their very own friends;
they’d stab their own grandmothers in the back.

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)

The Message (MSG)

New International Version (NIV)