Proverbs 16:30
He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
In Context
31The grey head is a crown of glory, if it is seen in the way of righteousness.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:12A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;
Proverbs 16:27A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.
Micah 7:3Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.
Matthew 14:7So he gave her his word with an oath to let her have whatever she might make request for.
John 3:20The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:30-31
29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good. 30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass. Here is another sort of evil men described to us, that we may neither do like them, nor have any thing to do with them. 1. Such as (like Satan) do all the mischief they can by force and violence, as roaring lions, and not only by fraud and insinuation, as subtle serpents: They are violent men, that do all by rapine and oppression, that… Read the whole commentary →