Pro 10:10 | NET2full | STEP | The one who winks his eye causes trouble , and the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin .

‏ Proverbs 10:10

10 The one who winks ^{▼▼tn The participle (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.} his ^{▼▼tn Heb “the eye.”} eye causes ^{▼▼tn Heb “gives.”} trouble,
and the one who speaks foolishness ^{▼▼tn Heb “the fool of lips”; cf. NASB “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, ʾevil) refers to someone who despises knowledge and discernment.} will come to ruin.