Proverbs 16:30

In 11 translations

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.

LSV

Consulting his eyes to devise contrary things, || Moving his lips he has accomplished evil.

YLT

Consulting his eyes to devise froward things, Moving his lips he hath accomplished evil.

DBY

He that shutteth his eyes, [it is] to devise froward things; biting his lips, he bringeth evil to pass.

DRC

He that with fixed eyes deviseth wicked things, biting his lips, bringeth: evil to pass.

GNV

He shutteth his eyes to deuise wickednes: he moueth his lippes, and bringeth euil to passe.

JPS

He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward things; he that biteth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

LXXE

And the man that fixes his eyes devises perverse things, and marks out with his lips all evils: he is a furnace of wickedness.

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Original-language editions

WLC

עֹצֶ֣ה עֵ֭ינָיו לַחְשֹׁ֣ב תַּהְפֻּכ֑וֹת קֹרֵ֥ץ שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו כִּלָּ֥ה רָעָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Στηρίζων δὲ ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ διαλογίζεται διεστραμμένα, ὁρίζει δὲ τοῖς χείλεσιν αὐτοῦ πάντα τὰ κακά· οὗτος κάμινός ἐστι κακίας.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Matthew 13:15For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and…
• Proverbs 6:12–14A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth, winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers. With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
• Isaiah 6:10Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
• Matthew 27:23–26“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!” When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his…
• Proverbs 10:10He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.
• Matthew 14:7–8so much that he promised with an oath to give to her whatever she asked. Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
• Micah 7:3Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
• John 3:20Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
• Proverbs 16:27A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.

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