Proverbs 10:10 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁰ He who winks the eye causes trouble, but he who boldly reproves makes peace.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁰ 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

Let not those rejoice over me who are wrongfully my foes, and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause.

Proverbs 10:14

Wise men lay up knowledge, but the babbling of a fool brings ruin near.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise of heart will heed commandments, but a prating fool will come to ruin.

Proverbs 16:30

He who winks his eyes plans perverse things, he who compresses his 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

winks with his eyes, scrapes with his feet, points with his finger,

3 John 1:10

So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, prating against me with evil words. And not content with that, he refuses himself to welcome the brethren, and also stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of the church.