Pro 16:28, 22:10, 26:22, Jam 3:6 | ESV | STEP | A dishonest man spreads strife , and a whisperer separates close friends .

h[See ver. 20 above]

i Ps. 120:2-4; Prov. 16:27

j Matt. 15:18

Proverbs 16:28

28 ^aA dishonest man spreads strife,
and ^ba whisperer ^cseparates close friends.

Proverbs 22:10

10 ^dDrive out a scoffer, ^eand strife will go out,
and ^fquarreling and abuse will cease.

Proverbs 26:22

22 ^gThe words of ^ha whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into the inner parts of the body.

James 3:6

6 And ⁱthe tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, ^jstaining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, ^{▼▼Or wheel of birth} and set on fire by hell. ^{▼▼Greek Gehenna}