Proverbs 16:30

World English Bible (2000)

One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 6:12-14 : 12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth; 13 who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers; 14 in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.
  • Prov 10:10 : 10 One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.
  • Prov 16:27 : 27 A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.
  • Isa 6:10 : 10 Make the heart of this people fat. 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 on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.
  • Matt 13:15 : 15 for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and should turn again; and I would heal them.'
  • Matt 14:7-8 : 7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask. 8 She, being prompted by her mother, said, "Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer."
  • Matt 27:23-26 : 23 But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!" 24 So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it." 25 All the people answered, "May his blood be on us, and on our children!" 26 Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.
  • John 3:20 : 20 For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:12-15
    4 verses
    80%

    12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;

    13who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers;

    14in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

    15Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

  • Ps 36:2-4
    3 verses
    78%

    2For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to detect and hate his sin.

    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

    4He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn't abhor evil.

  • Prov 24:8
    77%

    8One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.

  • Prov 16:27-29
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    77%

    27A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

    28A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

    29A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

  • Prov 24:2
    76%

    2for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about mischief.

  • Ps 10:7-8
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    7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

    8He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.

  • Prov 17:20
    75%

    20One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Prov 21:29
    75%

    29A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

  • Prov 6:18
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    18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

  • Prov 10:10
    74%

    10One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.

  • Prov 17:4
    74%

    4An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Isa 31:2
    74%

    2Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity.

  • Ps 50:19
    74%

    19"You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

  • Prov 26:24
    74%

    24A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.

  • Prov 10:18
    73%

    18He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

  • Ps 64:5
    73%

    5They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, "Who will see them?"

  • Isa 32:7
    73%

    7The ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

  • Ps 52:2
    72%

    2Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

  • Job 5:13
    72%

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

  • Job 15:35
    72%

    35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit."

  • Ps 31:18
    72%

    18Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

  • Prov 10:31-32
    2 verses
    72%

    31The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

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

  • Prov 26:26
    72%

    26His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

  • Ps 41:6
    72%

    6If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

  • Ps 37:12
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    12The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.

  • Prov 17:23
    72%

    23A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 4:24
    72%

    24Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

  • Ps 34:13
    72%

    13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

  • Job 20:12
    72%

    12"Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,

  • Prov 4:16
    71%

    16For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

  • Ps 7:14
    71%

    14Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

  • Mic 7:3
    71%

    3Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.

  • Prov 15:28
    71%

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

  • Ps 7:16
    71%

    16The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.

  • Isa 33:15
    71%

    15He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil--

  • Prov 16:10
    71%

    10Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his mouth.

  • Job 24:15
    71%

    15The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, 'No eye shall see me.' He disguises his face.

  • Prov 1:16
    71%

    16for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.

  • Ps 140:2
    71%

    2those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually 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. By the breath of God's mouth shall he go away.