![]() ![]() Or "a man of perversenesses" (q) in whose heart is frowardness and perverseness and whose mouth speaketh froward and perverse things, contrary to reason, law, and Gospel and who has a spirit of contradiction, and is contrary to all men in his principles and practices such a man sows discord and strife wherever he comes, in families, in neighbourhoods, in churches, in commonwealths, in civil and religious societies and he seldom fails of finding a soil fit for his purpose, or ground susceptive of the seed he sows, where it takes root and thrives see Proverbs 6:19 Īnd a whisperer separateth chief friends one that goes from place to place, from house to house, carrying tales, whispering into the ears of persons things prejudicial to the characters of others, mere lies and falsehoods such a man by his conduct separates one friend from another, even chief friends, that have been for a long time in the closest and most intimate friendship he alienates their minds one from another, so that they will not come near one another, or keep up any correspondence as before. ![]() Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleA froward man soweth strife. ![]()
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