Proverbs 16:30
28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
- KJV
- He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
- WEB
- One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.
- ASV
- He that shutteth his eyes, [it is] to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.
- DARBY
- He that shutteth his eyes, [it is] to devise froward things; biting his lips, he bringeth evil to pass.
- BLB
- Winking his eyes to devise perversity, pursing his lips, he has accomplished evil.
- ÅB
- Den som lukker sine øyne for å tenke på svik, og den som kniper sine lepper sammen, han har allerede fullført det onde.
- OTB
- Den som blunker med øyet planlegger perversitet; den som presser leppene sammen bringer ondt til å skje.
- B1930
- Den som lukker sine øine for å tenke på svik, og den som kniper sine leber sammen, han har allerede fullført det onde.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 6:12–14
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
Read in contextMatthew 13:15
For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Read in contextProverbs 16:27
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
Read in contextIsaiah 6:10
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Read in contextMatthew 14:7–8
Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.
Read in contextMatthew 27:23–26
And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
Read in contextProverbs 10:10
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
Read in contextMicah 7:3
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
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