Proverbs 10:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Whoever winks the eye causes trouble, but one who rebukes boldly makes peace.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: But a prating fool shall fall.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He who winks with the eye [craftily and with malice] causes sorrow; the foolish of lips will fall headlong but he who boldly reproves makes peace.

American Standard Version (1901)

He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; But a prating fool shall fall.

Common English Bible

Those who wink an eye bring trouble; those who speak foolishly are ruined.

Catholic Public Domain Version

He who winks with the eye gives sorrow. And the foolish in lips shall be beaten.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He that winketh with the eye shall cause sorrow: and the foolish in lips shall be beaten.

Proverbs 10:10 Cross References

Job 15:12

Why does your heart carry you away, and why do your eyes flash,

Psalm 35:19

Do not let my treacherous enemies rejoice over me or those who hate me without cause wink the eye.

Proverbs 10:14

The wise lay up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings ruin near.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise of heart will heed commandments, but one with foolish lips will come to ruin.

Proverbs 16:30

One who winks the eyes plans perverse things; one who compresses the lips brings evil to pass.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Proverbs 6:13

winking the eyes, shuffling the feet, pointing the fingers,

3 John 1:10

So if I come, I will call attention to what he is doing in spreading false charges against us. And not content with those charges, he refuses to welcome the brothers and sisters and even prevents those who want to do so and expels them from the church.