Proverbs 16:30 (BSB)

He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.

From Proverbs 16. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 16:30

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 16:29-30: 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 and oppression, that...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 16:30: The hoary head is a crown of glory,.... Gray hairs, white locks through age are very ornamental; look very beautiful, bespeak gravity, wisdom, and prudence, and command reverence and respect; with the ancient Romans (s), greater honour was paid to age than to family or wealth; and the elder were revered by the younger next to God, and in the stead of parents; See Gill...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 16:30: He shutteth his eyes--denoting deep thought (Psa 64:6). moving his lips--or, "biting his lips"--a determined purpose (Pro 6:13).
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 16:30: He shutteth his eyes to devise perverse things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass. (n) With his whole endeavour he labours to bring his wickedness to pass.