Proverbs 16:30
Consulting his eyes to devise contrary things, || Moving his lips he has accomplished evil.
Literal Standard Version
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 causes him to go in a way [that is] not good.
31Grey hairs [are] a crown of beauty, || It is found in the way of righteousness.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:12A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, || Walking [with] perverseness of mouth,
Proverbs 16:27A worthless man is preparing evil, || And on his lips [is] as a burning fire.
Micah 7:3On the evil [are] both hands to do [it] well, || The prince is asking—also the judge—for repayment, || And the great—he is speaking the mischief of his soul, || And they wrap it up.
Matthew 14:7after which with an oath he professed to give her whatever she might ask.
John 3:20for everyone who is doing wicked things hates the light, and does not come into the light, that his works may not be detected;
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 →