Proverbs 16:30
He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
In Context
29A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
31Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:12A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,
Proverbs 16:27A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
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.
Matthew 14:7so much that he promised with an oath to give to her whatever she asked.
John 3:20Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
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 →