29 A violent man entices his neighbor,
And leads him in a way that is not good.
30 He winks his eye to devise perverse things;
He [a]purses his lips and brings about evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:30 Lit. compresses

29 A violent person entices their neighbor
    and leads them down a path that is not good.(A)

30 Whoever winks(B) with their eye is plotting perversity;
    whoever purses their lips is bent on evil.

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