Proverbs 16:30
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Proverbs 16:30 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Proverbs 16:30 is a verse from the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Proverbs 16:30 — KJV
“He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.”
— Proverbs 16:30 (KJV)
Proverbs 16:30 in Context — About the Book of Proverbs
Proverbs is distilled wisdom for ordinary decisions — money, words, work, friendship, marriage, anger, and the tongue. Its premise is simple: the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Thirty-one chapters make it the classic one-chapter-a-day book for praying through daily choices.
Cross-References for Proverbs 16:30
“And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 16:30: eyes, things, pass
“Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 16:30: things, evil, pass
“For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs. turned their...: Heb. given the neck”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 16:30: eyes, evil, pass
“And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 16:30: eyes, things, pass
“He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; righteously: Heb. in righteousnesses uprightly: Heb. uprightnesses oppressions: or, deceits blood: Heb. bloods”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 16:30: shutteth, eyes, evil
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