Proverbs 16:30

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The one who winks with his eyes is plotting perverse things, and the one who purses his lips is bent on evil.

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  • Prov 6:12-14 : 12 A worthless person, a man of wickedness, walks with a corrupt mouth, 13 winking with his eyes, signaling with his feet, pointing with his fingers. 14 He plots evil with deceit in his heart; he constantly stirs up dissension.
  • Prov 10:10 : 10 The one who winks with an eye causes trouble, and a fool with loose lips will come to ruin.
  • Prov 16:27 : 27 A worthless man plots evil, and his words are like a scorching fire.
  • Isa 6:10 : 10 Make the hearts of this people dull, their ears heavy, and their eyes blind; otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn back and be healed."
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands are skilled at doing evil: the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, and the powerful speak out their selfish desires. Together they weave a web of corrupt schemes.
  • Matt 13:15 : 15 For the heart of this people has grown dull; they can barely hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, turn back to me, and I would heal them.
  • Matt 14:7-8 : 7 Therefore, he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask. 8 Prompted by her mother, she said, 'Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.'
  • Matt 27:23-26 : 23 But he said, 'Why? What evil has He done?' Yet they kept shouting all the more, 'Let Him be crucified!' 24 When Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, 'I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves.' 25 And all the people answered, 'His blood be on us and on our children!' 26 Then he released Barabbas to them; but after having Jesus flogged, he handed Him over to be crucified.
  • John 3:20 : 20 For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:12-15
    4 verses
    80%

    12A worthless person, a man of wickedness, walks with a corrupt mouth,

    13winking with his eyes, signaling with his feet, pointing with his fingers.

    14He plots evil with deceit in his heart; he constantly stirs up dissension.

    15Therefore his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant, he will be broken beyond healing.

  • Ps 36:2-4
    3 verses
    78%

    2An oracle of transgression speaks to the wicked within his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.

    3For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.

    4The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; he has stopped being wise and doing good.

  • Prov 24:8
    77%

    8The one who plots evil will be called a schemer.

  • Prov 16:27-29
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    27A worthless man plots evil, and his words are like a scorching fire.

    28A perverse person spreads conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.

    29A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.

  • Prov 24:2
    76%

    2For their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk of trouble.

  • Ps 10:7-8
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    7His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and iniquity.

    8He sits in ambush in the villages; in the hiding places he murders the innocent; his eyes stealthily watch for the helpless.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20A crooked heart will not find good, and the one with a deceitful tongue will fall into trouble.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked man hardens his face, but an upright person considers their way.

  • Prov 6:18
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    18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil,

  • Prov 10:10
    74%

    10The one who winks with an eye causes trouble, and a fool with loose lips will come to ruin.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2Yet He is wise and brings disaster; He does not take back His words. He will rise against the house of evildoers and against the help of those who practice wickedness.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19You let your mouth speak evil, and your tongue devises deceit.

  • Prov 26:24
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    24An enemy disguises themselves with their lips, but in their heart, they harbor deceit.

  • Prov 10:18
    73%

    18The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

  • Ps 64:5
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    5They shoot from hiding places at the innocent; they shoot suddenly, without fear.

  • Isa 32:7
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    7The schemes of the wicked are evil; he devises wicked plans to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

  • Ps 52:2
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    2When Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul, saying, 'David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.'

  • Job 5:13
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    13He traps the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the twisted are quickly foiled.

  • Job 15:35
    72%

    35They conceive trouble and give birth to wickedness; their womb prepares deceit.

  • Ps 31:18
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    18O LORD, let me not be put to shame, for I have called out to you. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them be silent in the grave.

  • Prov 10:31-32
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    31The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut off.

    32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked speaks perversities.

  • Prov 26:26
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    26Though hatred is concealed by deceit, its wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

  • Ps 41:6
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    6My enemies speak evil of me, saying, 'When will he die, and his name perish?

  • Ps 37:12
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    12The wicked person plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23The wicked accept a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and keep corrupt speech far from you.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Who is the person who desires life and loves many days to see good?

  • Job 20:12
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    12Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,

  • Prov 4:16
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    16For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

  • Ps 7:14
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    14He has prepared His deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts.

  • Mic 7:3
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    3Their hands are skilled at doing evil: the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, and the powerful speak out their selfish desires. Together they weave a web of corrupt schemes.

  • Prov 15:28
    71%

    28The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.

  • Ps 7:16
    71%

    16They dig a pit and hollow it out, only to fall into the hole they have made.

  • Isa 33:15
    71%

    15The one who walks in righteousness, speaks what is right, rejects gain from extortion, shakes his hands to refuse bribes, stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil.

  • Prov 16:10
    71%

    10A decision is on the lips of a king; his mouth does not betray justice.

  • Job 24:15
    71%

    15The adulterer waits for twilight, saying, 'No one will see me,' and he disguises his face.

  • Prov 1:16
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    16For their feet run to evil; they hasten to shed blood.

  • Ps 140:2
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    2Rescue me, O LORD, from evil people; protect me from men of violence.

  • Prov 2:14
    71%

    14from those who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perversity of wickedness.

  • Job 15:30
    71%

    30He will not escape from darkness; a flame will dry up his branch, and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away.