30He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 16:30
The LORD Weighs the Heart: Sovereignty, Humility, Justice, and the Wise Path
The chapter moves from the LORD's sovereignty over plans and motives, to justice in royal rule, to the superiority of wisdom and humility, to gracious speech and the warning against self-deceived paths, to destructive speech and violent companionship, and finally to patience, self-control, and the LORD's final governance.
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Verse 30
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He who winksעֹצֶ֣הH6095Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularhis eyeעֵ֭ינָיוH5869Noun - cdc | third person masculine singulardevisesלַחְשֹׁ֣בH2803Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructperversityתַּהְפֻּכ֑וֹתH8419Noun - feminine pluralhe who pursesקֹרֵ֥ץH7169Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularhis lipsשְׂ֝פָתָ֗יוH8193Noun - feminine dual construct | third person masculine singularis bent onכִּלָּ֥הH3615Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singularevilרָעָֽה׃H7451Adjective - feminine singular