Proverbs 6:12-15
Revised Standard Version
12 A worthless person, a wicked man,
goes about with crooked speech,
13 winks with his eyes, scrapes[a] with his feet,
points with his finger,
14 with perverted heart devises evil,
continually sowing discord;
15 therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly;
in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:13 Or taps
Proverbs 10:10-11
Revised Standard Version
10 He who winks the eye causes trouble,
but he who boldly reproves makes peace.[a]
11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,
but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 10:10 Gk: Heb but a prating fool will come to ruin
Proverbs 11:3
Revised Standard Version
3 The integrity of the upright guides them,
but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
Proverbs 16:30
Revised Standard Version
30 He who winks his eyes plans[a] perverse things,
he who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:30 Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb to plan
Proverbs 20:14
Revised Standard Version
14 “It is bad, it is bad,” says the buyer;
but when he goes away, then he boasts.
Proverbs 23:6-8
Revised Standard Version
6 Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy;
do not desire his delicacies;
7 for he is like one who is inwardly reckoning.[a]
“Eat and drink!” he says to you;
but his heart is not with you.
8 You will vomit up the morsels which you have eaten,
and waste your pleasant words.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:7 Heb obscure
Proverbs 26:23-26
Revised Standard Version
23 Like the glaze[a] covering an earthen vessel
are smooth[b] lips with an evil heart.
24 He who hates, dissembles with his lips
and harbors deceit in his heart;
25 when he speaks graciously, believe him not,
for there are seven abominations in his heart;
26 though his hatred be covered with guile,
his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:23 Cn: Heb silver of dross
- Proverbs 26:23 Gk: Heb burning
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