Proverbs 6:13

Proverbs 6:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
• New International Version (NIV)who winks maliciously with his eye, signals with his feet and motions with his fingers,
• English Standard Version (ESV)winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, points with his finger,
• New King James Version (NKJV)He winks with his eyes, He shuffles his feet, He points with his fingers;

Context of Proverbs 6:13

11So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man. 12A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth; he winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; 14deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords. 15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly: in a moment shall he be broken, and without remedy.

Proverbs 6:13 word by word

קֹרֵ֣ץ בְּ֭עֵינָיו מֹלֵ֣ל בְּרַגְלָ֑יו מֹ֝רֶ֗ה בְּאֶצְבְּעֹתָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

• eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• fingersאֶצְבַּע'etsba‛ · fingerH676

Cross-references for Proverbs 6:13

• Proverbs 5:6Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not [whither].
• Proverbs 10:10He that winketh with the eye causeth grief, and a prating fool shall fall.
• Job 15:12Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?
• Psalms 35:19Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; let them not wink with the eye that hate me without cause.

Commentaries on Proverbs 6:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers - These things seem to be spoken of debauchees, and the following quotation from Ovid, Amor. Iib. i., El. iv., ver. 15, shoots the whole process of the villany spoken of by Solomon: Cum premit ille torum, vultu comes ipsa modesto Ibis, ut accumbas: clam mihi tange pedem. Me specta, nutusque meos, vultum que loquacem Excipe furtivas, et refer ipsa, notas. Verba superciliis…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-19Verses 12-19 If the slothful are to be condemned, who do nothing, much more those that do all the ill they can. Observe how such a man is described. He says and does every thing artfully, and with design. His ruin shall come without warning, and without relief. Here is a list of things hateful to God. Those sins are in a special manner provoking to God, which are hurtful to the comfort of human life. These things which God hates, we must hate in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Winking...speaking...pointing: These were signals used to deceive innocent people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1413-14. If, for fear of detection, he does not speak, he uses signs to carry on his intrigues. These signs are still so used in the East.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 6:13

• Falsehood
• Innuendo
• Strife
• Wicked (People)
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Hunt
• Lust
• Naughtiness
• Suddenly
• Teach
• Eye
• Finger (1)
• Foot
• Gesture
• Hezekiah (2)

Commentaries on Proverbs 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings