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Proverbs 16:30 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 16 · verse 30
He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.Proverbs 16:30 · King James Version
Proverbs 16:30 in context
28A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
29A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
30He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
31The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
32He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- shuttethʻâtsâhproperly, to fastenH6095 →
- bringethkâlâhto end, whether intransitive or transitivedH3615 →
- devisechâshabproperly, to plait or interpenetrateH2803 →
- movingqâratsto pinchH7169 →
- eyesʻayinan eyeH5869 →
- lipssâphâhthe lipH8193 →
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Here is another sort of evil men described to us, that we may neither do like them, nor have any thing to do with them. 1. Such as (like Satan) do all the mischief they can by force and violence, as roaring lions, and not only by fraud and insinuation, as subtle serpents: They are violent men, that do all by rapine…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 29-30