A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

乖僻人播散纷争；传舌的，离间密友。

乖谬的人散播纷争，造谣的离间密友。

乖谬的人散播纷争，造谣的离间密友。

邪僻的人散播纷争，造谣的人破坏友情。

乖谬的人散播纷争，搬弄是非的离间亲密的朋友。

荒谬的人散布纷争，传谣者使同伴分离。

乖僻人播散紛爭；傳舌的，離間密友。

乖謬的人散播紛爭，造謠的離間密友。

乖謬的人散播紛爭，造謠的離間密友。

邪僻的人散播紛爭，造謠的人破壞友情。

乖謬的人散播紛爭，搬弄是非的離間親密的朋友。

乖張的人散布着紛爭；背後誹謗人的、離間良友。

荒謬的人散布紛爭，傳謠者使同伴分離。

乖戾者播爭端、讒毀者間密友、

頑嚚者啟人爭競之端、讒間者離人心腹之交。

乖謬者啟爭端、挑事挑事或作談人是非者間密友、

A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.

A twisted person stirs up conflict. Anyone who talks about others separates close friends.

A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

A troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends.

A contrary person spreads conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.

A perverse person spreads strife, And a slanderer separates close friends.

A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the best of friends.

A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

A contrary man spreads conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.

A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

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.

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.This wisdom descendeth not from above, but[ is] earthly, sensual, devilish.For where envying and strife[ is], there[ is] confusion and every evil work.

The words of a talebearer[ are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

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;He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

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.

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.

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 the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:But 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.And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:For 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.And 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.And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they[ were] naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.And 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.And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where[ art] thou?And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I[ was] naked; and I hid myself.And he said, Who told thee that thou[ wast] naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest[ to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.And 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.

And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

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:

An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

Where no wood is,[ there] the fire goeth out: so where[ there is] no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.[ As] coals[ are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so[ is] a contentious man to kindle strife.The words of a talebearer[ are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.