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Proverbs 16:30
He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
Proverbs 16:30 · Webster Bible
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Proverbs 16:30 in other translations
He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.
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In context
27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire.
28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
29 A violent man enticeth his neighbor, and leadeth him into the way [that is] not good.
30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
31 The hoary head [is] a crown of glory, [if] it is found in the way of righteousness.
32 [He that is] slow to anger [is] better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.
33 The lot is cast into the lap: but the whole disposing of it [is] from the LORD.
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