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Verse of the Day
Feb 5, 2025 9:49 AM

　　Commentary on Today's Verse

　　Commentary on Proverbs 16:27-28

　　(Read Proverbs 16:27-28)

　　Ungodly men bestow more pains to do mischief than would be needful to do good. The whisperer separates friends: what a hateful, but how common a character!

　　Proverbs 16:28 In-Context

　　26 The appetite of laborers works for them; their hunger drives them on.

　　27 A scoundrel plots evil, and on their lips it is like a scorching fire.

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

　　29 A violent person entices their neighbor and leads them down a path that is not good.

　　30 Whoever winks with their eye is plotting perversity; whoever purses their lips is bent on evil.

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