No Winking rule

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“A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. He winketh with his eyes…” (Proverbs 6: 12-13)

THE TRANSLATION: No winking. This is just one example, but the Bible contains no less than four anti-winking passages.

Why do you think it is wrong to wink?
 
It’s simply the observation here that winking denotes deception. In other words, while he says one thing, he means another. A man who deceives others cannot be trusted.
 
It isn’t wrong to wink. You are just misunderstanding what the passage actually says. Good try though.
 
I took it upon myself to read the passage. I think its true meaning is that you’re an idiot and it’s still okay to wink. That’s just what I got out of it though.😉
 
The Septuagint translates the Hebrew word qarats (which has a variety of meanings, including “to narrow, to form, to nip, to pinch, to squeeze, to purse” (Strong’s) as ἐννεύει (enneuei) which is best translated as “to make signs.” This meaning is intelligible within the context of the rest of passage, especially considering that the “winking” is done with the eyes (plural), not just a single eye.
 
Della said:
It’s simply the observation here that winking denotes deception. In other words, while he says one thing, he means another. A man who deceives others cannot be trusted.
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I second Dellas comment. To look at this as a prohibition of winking one’s eye is to read this over-literalistically, akin to the one who interprets Jesus’ words to pluck out your eye if it causes you to sin, in a literalistic manner so that he ends up gouging out his eyes.
 
Look at the context of the verse. It’s a big long description of “the kind of people who like to stir up trouble”, including a long list of the sort of things these people do. You’re supposed to take it all together, not seize on one detail. And it’s not a commandment or a forbiddance; it’s a character study.

"A scoundrel and villain who goes about with a corrupt mouth, who winks with his eye,
signals with his feet, and motions with his fingers, who plots evil with deceit in his heart—
he always stirs up dissension. Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant; he will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.

There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him:
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies, and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers."

So this isn’t just some happy winking guy making jokes; this is a guy who’s trying to create little cliques and set people against each other, out of sheer nastiness – the kind of person who is okay with making trouble that ends in murders. Notice how the description builds through parallelism each time, until you are told plainly what kind of man is being described.
 
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