Bible verse
He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
Proverbs 16:30 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 16.
26 A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
27 A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
28 A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
29 A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
30 He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
31 Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.
32 He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.
KJV
He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
ASV
He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.
ERV
He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward things: he that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.
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