Proverbs 16:30
The one who winks the eye is plotting perverse things; 1 those who purse the lips will bring evil to pass. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 man of violence lies to his neighbor 1 and leads him down a path that is not good. 1
31Gray hair is a crown of glory; 1 it is gained by living the right way. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 6:12A worthless person—a wicked man— 1 lives by the crookedness of his speech, 1
Proverbs 16:27A worthless person digs up mischief 1 and his speech is like a scorching fire. 1
Micah 7:3Their hands are very good at doing harm: 1 the ruler asks for money, 1 the judge is ready for bribes, 1 and the powerful man is saying to others what he wants to obtain. 1 Thus they plot together. 1
Matthew 14:7In response, he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask.
John 3:20For everyone who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, so that his deeds will not 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 →