Proverbs 16:30
He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward things: he that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.
Revised Version 1895
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 enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him in a way that is not good.
31The hoary head is a crown of glory, it shall be found in the way of righteousness.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:12A worthless person, a man of iniquity; he walketh with a froward mouth;
Proverbs 16:27A worthless man deviseth mischief: and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
Micah 7:3Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge is ready for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the mischief of his soul: thus they weave it together.
Matthew 14:7Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she should ask.
John 3:20For every one that doeth ill hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
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 →