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Proverbs 16:30

World English Bible

One who winks his eyes to plot perversities,
one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.

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Proverbs 16:30 in other translations

He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

Proverbs 16:30 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 16:30 in context

  1. 28A perverse man stirs up strife.
    A whisperer separates close friends.
  2. 29A man of violence entices his neighbor,
    and leads him in a way that is not good.
  3. 30One who winks his eyes to plot perversities,
    one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.
  4. 31Gray hair is a crown of glory.
    It is attained by a life of righteousness.
  5. 32One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty;
    one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.