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Proverbs 6:13
13He sends secret messages with his eyes, his feet or his fingers.
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
11But while you sleep you will suddenly become poor. You will have nothing, as if someone has robbed you. 12A useless, wicked person is always deceiving people. He sends secret messages with his eyes, his feet or his fingers. 14He uses evil thoughts to decide how he will hurt people. Wherever he goes, there is trouble. 15Because of this, trouble will suddenly happen to him. It will knock him down and he will never get up again.
Read all of Proverbs 6Proverbs 6:13 word by word
קֹרֵ֣ץ בְּ֭עֵינָיו מֹלֵ֣ל בְּרַגְלָ֑יו מֹ֝רֶ֗ה בְּאֶצְבְּעֹתָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 6:13
- Proverbs 5:6She does not think about the way that leads to true life. She has lost the right road but she does not understand what she is doing.
- Proverbs 10:10Someone who deceives his friends causes trouble. And someone who speaks in foolish ways will destroy himself.
- Job 15:12You have allowed your thoughts to confuse you. We can see in your eyes that you are very angry.
- Psalms 35:19My enemies tell lies about me. Do not let them win against me, and be happy. They have no reason to hate me, so do not let them laugh at me.
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
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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
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