Proverbs 16:30
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָצָה
ʻâtsâh
properly, to fasten (or make firm), i.e. to close (the eyes)
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
חָשַׁב
châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious...
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
שָׂפָה
sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
Key Terms in This Verse
עָצָה ʻâtsâh
properly, to fasten (or make firm), i.e. to close (the eyes)
Study H6095 →חָשַׁב châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, ...
Study H2803 →שָׂפָה sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Study H8193 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should under...
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
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