Proverbs 16:27-28 - Heartlight

²⁷A worthless man digs up evil,

and his speech is like a scorching fire.

²⁸A perverse man spreads dissension,

and a gossip divides close friends.

— Proverbs 16:27-28

(BSB)

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Cross References for Proverbs 16:27-28

Proverbs 17:9
Proverbs 6:14
James 3:6
Romans 1:29
Proverbs 18:8
Proverbs 15:18
James 3:14-16
Psalm 57:4
Proverbs 6:19
Psalm 52:2-4

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