28 A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.
28 A froward man soweth
28 A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.
28 Troublemakers start fights; gossips break up friendships.
28 A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the best of friends.
28 A troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 16:28
Commentary on Proverbs 16:27-28
(Read Proverbs 16:27-28)
Ungodly men bestow more pains to do mischief than would be needful to do good. The whisperer separates friends: what a hateful, but how common a character!