30He who winks with his eye is plotting perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.


In Context

27 A scoundrel plots evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.

28 A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a gossip separates close friends.

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

30 He who winks with his eye is plotting perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.

31 Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained by a righteous life.

32 Better a patient man than a warrior, a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city.

Proverbs 16:30 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:30He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:30He that with fixed eyes deviseth?? wicked things, biting his lips, bringeth: evil to pass.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:30He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:30He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward things; biting his lips, he bringeth evil to pass.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:30He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward things: he that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:30He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:30One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:30Consulting his eyes to devise froward things, Moving his lips he hath accomplished evil.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:30He shuts his eyes to devise fraudulent things: moving his lips he brings evil to pass.