Proverbs 16:30

American Standard Version (1901)

He that shutteth his eyes, [it is] to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

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  • Prov 6:12-14 : 12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth; 13 That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers; 14 In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.
  • Prov 10:10 : 10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; But a prating fool shall fall.
  • Prov 16:27 : 27 A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
  • Isa 6:10 : 10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge [is ready] for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.
  • Matt 13:15 : 15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.
  • Matt 14:7-8 : 7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she should ask. 8 And she, being put forward by her mother, saith, Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.
  • Matt 27:23-26 : 23 And he said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out exceedingly, saying, Let him be crucified. 24 So when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but rather that a tumult was arising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; see ye [to it] . 25 And all the people answered and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children. 26 Then released he unto them Barabbas; but Jesus he scourged and delivered to be crucified.
  • John 3:20 : 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:12-15
    4 verses
    80%

    12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;

    13That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers;

    14In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.

    15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.

  • Ps 36:2-4
    3 verses
    78%

    2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.

    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good.

    4He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.

  • Prov 24:8
    77%

    8He that deviseth to do evil, Men shall call him a mischief-maker.

  • Prov 16:27-29
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    77%

    27A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

    28A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

    29A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good.

  • Prov 24:2
    76%

    2For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.

  • Ps 10:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

    8He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In the secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are privily set against the helpless.

  • Prov 17:20
    75%

    20He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

  • Prov 21:29
    75%

    29A wicked man hardeneth his face; But as for the upright, he establisheth his ways.

  • Prov 6:18
    75%

    18A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

  • Prov 10:10
    74%

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

  • Prov 17:4
    74%

    4An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; [And] a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Isa 31:2
    74%

    2Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

  • Ps 50:19
    74%

    19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.

  • Prov 26:24
    74%

    24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips; But he layeth up deceit within him:

  • Prov 10:18
    73%

    18He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

  • Ps 64:5
    73%

    5They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?

  • Isa 32:7
    73%

    7And the instruments of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

  • Ps 52:2
    72%

    2Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

  • Job 5:13
    72%

    13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

  • Job 15:35
    72%

    35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.

  • Ps 31:18
    72%

    18Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

  • Prov 10:31-32
    2 verses
    72%

    31The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off.

    32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable; But the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] perverseness.

  • Prov 26:26
    72%

    26Though [his] hatred cover itself with guile, His wickedness shall be openly showed before the assembly.

  • Ps 41:6
    72%

    6And if he come to see [me], he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

  • Ps 37:12
    72%

    12The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

  • Prov 17:23
    72%

    23A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 4:24
    72%

    24Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

  • Ps 34:13
    72%

    13Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.

  • Job 20:12
    72%

    12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,

  • Prov 4:16
    71%

    16For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

  • Ps 7:14
    71%

    14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

  • Mic 7:3
    71%

    3Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge [is ready] for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.

  • Prov 15:28
    71%

    28The heart of the righteous studieth to answer; But the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

  • Ps 7:16
    71%

    16His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

  • Isa 33:15
    71%

    15He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:

  • Prov 16:10
    71%

    10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.

  • Job 24:15
    71%

    15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.

  • Prov 1:16
    71%

    16For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

  • Ps 140:2
    71%

    2Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war.

  • Prov 2:14
    71%

    14Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;

  • Job 15:30
    71%

    30He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of [God's] mouth shall he go away.