"A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends."
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Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
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.
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
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.
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
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, swellings, tumults:
If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.
A false man soweth contention; and a talebearer separateth very friends.
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.
A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.