Proverbs 10:10 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁰ He who winks with the eye causes sorrow, And one with foolish lips falls.

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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

Job 15:12

What have you taken to heart? And why do your eyes flash?

Psalm 35:19

Let not my lying enemies rejoice over me; Or those who hate me without cause wink their eyes.

Proverbs 10:14

The wise treasure up knowledge, But the mouth of a fool is near ruin.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise in heart accepts commands, But one with foolish lips falls.

Proverbs 16:30

Winking with his eye to plot perversity, Moving his lips he shall bring about evil.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

Proverbs 6:13

Winks with his eyes, shuffles his feet, Points with his fingers;

3 John 1:10

So if I come, I shall call to mind his works which he does, babbling against us with wicked words. And not satisfied with that, he himself does not receive the brothers, and forbids those who wish to, putting them out of the assembly.