What Does the Bible Say About Winking?

Proverbs 10:10 ESV / 51 helpful votes

Whoever winks the eye causes trouble, and a babbling fool will come to ruin.

Job 15:12 ESV / 32 helpful votes

Why does your heart carry you away, and why do your eyes flash,

Psalm 35:19 ESV / 24 helpful votes

Let not those rejoice over me who are wrongfully my foes, and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause.

Proverbs 6:13 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, points with his finger,

Proverbs 16:30 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Whoever winks his eyes plans dishonest things; he who purses his lips brings evil to pass.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 12 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Galatians 6:1 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.

Proverbs 3:29 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Do not plan evil against your neighbor, who dwells trustingly beside you.

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 7 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Proverbs 6:12-13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech, winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, points with his finger,

John 3:16-17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

1 John 5:4-5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

1 John 2:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

1 Corinthians 9:25 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.

Matthew 20:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

So the last will be first, and the first last.”

Malachi 3:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In your tithes and contributions.

Psalm 112:4 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Light dawns in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious, merciful, and righteous.

Genesis 12:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

Hebrews 12:1-2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

1 Corinthians 15:57 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Luke 18:27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But he said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”

Mark 10:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.

Ephesians 1:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

2 Corinthians 4:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Romans 11:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

Romans 10:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.

Romans 9:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?”

2 Samuel 13:1-22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Now Absalom, David's son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar. And after a time Amnon, David's son, loved her. And Amnon was so tormented that he made himself ill because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to her. But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother. And Jonadab was a very crafty man. And he said to him, “O son of the king, why are you so haggard morning after morning? Will you not tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.” Jonadab said to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill. And when your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and eat it from her hand.’” ...

2 Samuel 12:13-14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die. Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the Lord, the child who is born to you shall die.”

Colossians 1:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds,

Colossians 1:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,

Philippians 3:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Philippians 1:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake,

Ephesians 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you,

Ephesians 1:13-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.

1 Corinthians 15:35-16:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?” You foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. For not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. ...

1 Corinthians 15:1-4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,

Romans 7:14-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin. For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. ...

Acts 17:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,

Job 15:12-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Why does your heart carry you away, and why do your eyes flash, that you turn your spirit against God and bring such words out of your mouth?

2 Samuel 12:14-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the Lord, the child who is born to you shall die.” Then Nathan went to his house. And the Lord afflicted the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and he became sick. David therefore sought God on behalf of the child. And David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground. And the elders of his house stood beside him, to raise him from the ground, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them. On the seventh day the child died. And the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he did not listen to us. How then can we say to him the child is dead? He may do himself some harm.” ...

44 Bible Verses about Winking

Proverbs 10:10 ESV / 51 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 15:12 ESV / 32 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 35:19 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 6:13 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 16:30 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 6:1 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 3:29 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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John 3:16-17 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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1 John 2:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 9:25 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 20:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Malachi 3:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 112:4 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 12:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 12:1-2 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 15:57 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 18:27 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 10:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 1:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Romans 11:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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