Catholic Public Domain Version
"Whoever, with astonished eyes, thinks up depravities, biting his lips, accomplishes evil. "
— Proverbs 16:30, Catholic Public Domain Version
“He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.”
“He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass. ”
“One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.”
“The one who winks his eyes devises perverse things, and one who compresses his lips has accomplished evil.”
“He that with fixed eyes deviseth wicked things, biting his lips, bringeth evil to pass.”
“He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.”
“He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.”
The impious man digs up evil, and in his lips is a burning fire.
A perverse man stirs up lawsuits. And one who is verbose divides leaders.
A man of iniquity entices his friend, and he leads him along a way that is not good.
Whoever, with astonished eyes, thinks up depravities, biting his lips, accomplishes evil.
Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice.
A patient man is better than a strong one. And whoever rules his soul is better than one who assaults cities.
Lots are cast into the lap, but they are tempered by the Lord.