Proverbs 16:28
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
נָזַר
nâzar
to hold aloof, i.e. (intransitivey) abstain (from food and drink, from impurity, and even from divine worship (i.e. apostatize)); specifically, to set...
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
נָזַר nâzar
to hold aloof, i.e. (intransitivey) abstain (from food and drink, from impurity, and even from divine worship (i.e. apostatize)); specifically, to set apart (to sacred purposes), i.e. devote
Study H5144 →שָׁלַח shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Study H7971 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings...
And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
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