28 A perverse person spreads strife,
And a [a]slanderer separates close friends.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:28 Or gossip

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

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21 Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
So is a (A)contentious person to kindle strife.

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21 As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,
    so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.(A)

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22 An (A)angry person stirs up strife,
And a hot-tempered person abounds in wrongdoing.

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22 An angry person stirs up conflict,
    and a hot-tempered person commits many sins.(A)

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