Proverbs 10:10 · KJV
“He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. {fall: Heb. be beaten}”
— Proverbs 10:10
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
The mouth of a righteous {man is} a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 10 — Context
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. {a prating...: Heb. a fool of lips} {fall: Heb. be beaten}
9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
10He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. {fall: Heb. be beaten}
11The mouth of a righteous {man is} a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
12Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Cross References
Psalms 35:19
Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: {neither} let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. {wrongfully: Heb. falsely}
Proverbs 6:13
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
3 John 1:10
Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth {them} out of the church.
Proverbs 10:8
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. {a prating...: Heb. a fool of lips} {fall: Heb. be beaten}
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life {are} in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Job 15:12
Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
Proverbs 18:6-7
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.