Proverbs 10:10 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹⁰ He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: But a prating fool shall fall.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ 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)

¹⁰ He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; But a prating fool shall fall.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ Those who wink an eye bring trouble; those who speak foolishly are ruined.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ He who winks with the eye gives sorrow. And the foolish in lips shall be beaten.

Proverbs 10:10 Cross References

Psalm 35:19

Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

Proverbs 6:13

He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

3 John 1:10

Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Job 15:12

Why doth thine heart carry thee away? And what do thy eyes wink at,

Proverbs 10:14

Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

Proverbs 16:30

He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.