28A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 16:28
The LORD Weighs the Heart: Sovereignty, Humility, Justice, and the Wise Path
The chapter moves from the LORD's sovereignty over plans and motives, to justice in royal rule, to the superiority of wisdom and humility, to gracious speech and the warning against self-deceived paths, to destructive speech and violent companionship, and finally to patience, self-control, and the LORD's final governance.
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Verse 28
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A perverseתַּ֭הְפֻּכוֹתH8419Noun - feminine pluralmanאִ֣ישׁH376Noun - masculine singular constructspreadsיְשַׁלַּ֣חH7971Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singulardissensionמָד֑וֹןH4066Noun - masculine singularand a gossipוְ֝נִרְגָּ֗ןH7279Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singulardividesמַפְרִ֥ידH6504Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singularclose friendsאַלּֽוּף׃H441Noun - masculine singular