Holy Scripture
Proverbs 16:28
A church father on this verse
“[Hyperichius] also said, 'The serpent whispered to Eve and cast her out of paradise. The man who whispers against his neighbour is like the serpent. He condemns the soul of whoever listens to him, and he does not save his own.'”
Source: Septuagint
Original
28A perverse man spreads mischief, And will kindle a torch of deceit with mischiefs; and he separates friends.
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26A man who labors, labors for himself, and drives from him his own ruin.
27But the perverse bears destruction upon his own mouth: A foolish man digs up evil for himself, And treasures fire on his own lips.
— Proverbs 16:28 —
29A transgressor tries to ensnare friends, And leads them in ways that are not good.
30And the man that fixes his eyes devises perverse things, And marks out with his lips all evils: He is a furnace of wickedness.