Whoever winks the eye causes trouble, and a babbling fool will come to ruin.
Proverbs 16:30 - English Standard Version 2016 Whoever winks his eyes plans dishonest things; he who purses his lips brings evil to pass. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: Moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who shuts his eyes to devise perverse things and who compresses his lips [as if in concealment] brings evil to pass. American Standard Version (1901) He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass. Common English Bible Those who wink their eye plot destruction; those who purse their lips plan evil. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever, with astonished eyes, thinks up depravities, biting his lips, accomplishes evil. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that with fixed eyes deviseth wicked things, biting his lips, bringeth: evil to pass. |
Whoever winks the eye causes trouble, and a babbling fool will come to ruin.
A man of violence entices his neighbor and leads him in a way that is not good.
Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well; the prince and the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together.
For this people’s heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.’
For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.