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29 A violent man entices his companion
    and leads him on a path that is not good.
30 Whoever winks knowingly[a] is plotting[b] deceit;
    anyone who purses his lips is bent towards evil.

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  1. Proverbs 16:30 Lit. with his eyes
  2. Proverbs 16:30 So MT; LXX Syr Targ Vg read winks with his eyes considers

29 A person of violence will entice his neighbor
    and cause him to walk on a way that is not good.
30 He who winks his eyes does so in order to plan perverse things;
    he who purses his lips will bring evil to pass.

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