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Proverbs 10

Prov. 10:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hee that winketh
qarats (Hebrew #7169)
to pinch, i.e. (partially) to bite the lips, blink the eyes (as a gesture of malice), or (fully) to squeeze off (a piece of clay in order to mould a vessel from it)
KJV usage: form, move, wink.
Pronounce: kaw-rats'
Origin: a primitive root
with the eye
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
causeth
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
sorrow
`atstsebeth (Hebrew #6094)
a idol; also, a pain or wound
KJV usage: sorrow, wound.
Pronounce: ats-tseh'-beth
Origin: from 6087
: but a prating
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
fool
'eviyl (Hebrew #191)
(figuratively) silly
KJV usage: fool(-ish) (man).
Pronounce: ev-eel'
Origin: from an unused root (meaning to be perverse)
shall νfall
labat (Hebrew #3832)
to overthrow; intransposed, to fall
KJV usage: fall.
Pronounce: law-bat'
Origin: a primitive root
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Prov. 6:13• 13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; (Prov. 6:13)
ν
be beaten.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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that.
Prov. 6:13• 13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; (Prov. 6:13)
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Job 15:12• 12Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at, (Job 15:12)
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Psa. 35:19• 19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. (Psa. 35:19)
but.
Prov. 10:8• 8The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. (Prov. 10:8)
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Prov. 18:6‑7,21• 6A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
 7A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
 21Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. (Prov. 18:6‑7,21)
fall.
or, be beaten.
3 John 10• 10Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church. (3 John 10)
• Winking with the eye, from time immemorial, has been construed as giving the lie to what the lips utter....The kiss of Judas was an action of this nature. Note last clause here is as in verse 8. (“Proverbs Ten” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He that winketh with the eye causeth grief, and a prating foolb shall fall.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "a fool of lips."