Proverbs 16:29

Modern

A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.

Traditional

A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

Literal

A man of violence entices his neighbor and leads him in a way that is not good.

Latin

Vir iniquus lactat amicum suum, et ducit eum per viam non bonam.

Hebrew

English

A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.

Scoundrels, troublemakers, and violent people disrupt relationships by causing harm with their actions.

Proverbs 2:12–15
…to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
Proverbs 12:26
A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.
2 Peter 3:17
Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.
Proverbs 3:31
Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
Proverbs 1:10–14
My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
1 Samuel 19:17
And Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away, and he has escaped!” Michal replied, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away, or I will kill you!’”
1 Samuel 19:11
Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
Nehemiah 6:13
He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would sin by doing as he suggested, so they could give me a bad name in order to discredit me.
1 Samuel 23:19–21
Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?
1 Samuel 22:7–9
Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds?