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Proverbs 16

Prov. 16:28 KJV (With Strong’s)

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A froward
tahpukah (Hebrew #8419)
a perversity or fraud
KJV usage: (very) froward(-ness, thing), perverse thing.
Pronounce: tah-poo-kaw'
Origin: from 2015
man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
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)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
ρsoweth
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
strife
madown (Hebrew #4066)
a contest or quarrel
KJV usage: brawling, contention(-ous), discord, strife. Compare 4079, 4090.
Pronounce: maw-dohn'
Origin: from 1777
: and a whisperer
nirgan (Hebrew #5372)
a slanderer
KJV usage: talebearer, whisperer.
Pronounce: neer-gawn'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roll to pieces
separateth
parad (Hebrew #6504)
to break through, i.e. spread or separate (oneself)
KJV usage: disperse, divide, be out of joint, part, scatter (abroad), separate (self), sever self, stretch, sunder.
Pronounce: paw-rad'
Origin: a primitive root
chief friends
'alluwph (Hebrew #441)
from 502; familiar; a friend, also gentle; hence, a bullock (as being tame; applied, although masculine, to a cow); and so, a chieftain (as notable, like neat cattle)
KJV usage: captain, duke, (chief) friend, governor, guide, ox.
Pronounce: al-loof'
Origin: or (shortened) talluph {al-loof'}
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sendeth forth.

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Sower; Sowing

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Ministry on This Verse

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froward.
Prov. 6:14,19• 14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
 19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. (Prov. 6:14,19)
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Prov. 15:18• 18A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. (Prov. 15:18)
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Prov. 18:8• 8The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. (Prov. 18:8)
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Prov. 26:20‑22• 20Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
 21As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
 22The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. (Prov. 26:20‑22)
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Prov. 29:22• 22An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression. (Prov. 29:22)
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Prov. 30:33• 33Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife. (Prov. 30:33)
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1 Tim. 6:3‑5• 3If 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;
 4He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
 5Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. (1 Tim. 6:3‑5)
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James 3:14‑16• 14But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
 15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
 16For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. (James 3:14‑16)
soweth.
Heb. sendeth forth.
a whisperer.
Prov. 17:9• 9He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. (Prov. 17:9)
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Gen. 3:1‑13• 1Now the serpent was more subtile 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?
 2And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
 3But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
 4And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
 5For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
 6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
 7And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
 8And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
 9And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
 10And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
 11And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
 12And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
 13And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. (Gen. 3:1‑13)
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1 Sam. 24:9• 9And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt? (1 Sam. 24:9)
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Rom. 1:29• 29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, (Rom. 1:29)
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2 Cor. 12:20• 20For 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: (2 Cor. 12:20)
• Many are defiled by the recital of tales which a godly person would seek to cover and forbear ever to repeat. (“Proverbs Sixteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A falsee man sowethf contention; and a talebearerg separateth very friends.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "froward," as ch. 2.12.
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Or "sendeth out."
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Or "slanderer."