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Proverbs 10:9–10

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10:9The one who conducts himself31 in integrity32 will live33 securely,

but the one who behaves perversely34 will be found out.

10:10The one who winks35 his36 eye causes37 trouble,

and the one who speaks foolishness38 will come to ruin.

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Footnotes

  1. 31 Heb “he who walks.” The idiom is used widely in both OT and NT for conduct, behavior, or lifestyle.
  2. 32 “Integrity” here means “blameless” in conduct. Security follows integrity, because the lifestyle is blameless. The righteous is certain of the course to be followed and does not fear retribution from man or God.
  3. 33 Heb “walks.”
  4. 34 Heb “he who perverts his ways” (so ); “who takes crooked paths” ( similar). The Piel participle מְעַקֵּשׁ (mé’aqqesh) means “make crooked; twisted; perverse.” It is stronger than simply taking crooked paths; it refers to perverting the ways. The one who is devious will not get away with it.
  5. 35 The term (קָרַץ, qarats) describes a person who habitually “winks” his eye maliciously as a secretive sign to those conspiring evil (Prov 6:13). This is a comparison rather than a contrast. Devious gestures are grievous, but not as ruinous as foolish talk. Both are to be avoided.
  6. 36 Heb “the eye.”
  7. 37 Heb “gives.”
  8. 38 Heb “the fool of lips”; cf. “a babbling fool.” The phrase is a genitive of specification: “a fool in respect to lips.” The term “lips” is a metonymy of cause (= lips) for effect (= speech). The word for fool (אֶוִיל, ’evil) refers to someone who despises knowledge and discernment.

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,

but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out.

Whoever winks the eye causes trouble,

and a babbling fool will come to ruin.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,

but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.

Whoever winks maliciously causes grief,

and a chattering fool comes to ruin.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The one who lives with integrity lives securely,

but whoever perverts his ways will be found out.

A sly wink of the eye causes grief,

and foolish lips will be destroyed.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

People with integrity walk safely,

but those who follow crooked paths will be exposed.

People who wink at wrong cause trouble,

but a bold reproof promotes peace.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Whoever walks in integrity will walk securely,

but whoever follows perversity, his ways will be made known.

The winking of an eye causes trouble,

and the foolishness of lips comes to ruin.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely:

But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow:

But a prating fool shall fall.

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