"Whoever winks the eye causes trouble, but a babbling fool will come to ruin. The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence" (Proverbs 10:10-11).
In life, there is such a thing as a playful wink and a malicious wink. Today's passage is about the latter. A person doesn't maliciously wink to an accomplice without being up to something. The kind of wink our passage mentions today causes trouble between people.
However, trouble from a wink of the eye is not all we must be careful of. The fool who babbles away with his mouth brings trouble as well. His words will doom him to ruin. In contrast, the words of the righteous are as refreshing as a water fountain in the heat of the day. The words of the righteous are a "fountain of life."
As stated earlier in Proverbs 10:6, the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. The word "conceal" is translated "overwhelm" which tells us that the words of the wicked characterize their life which is overwhelmed by evil. Though they try to hide their evil intentions, they are always found out.
Whether it is the wink of the eye or the words of the mouth, we must all be very careful. The wink of the eye brings trouble and the words of the babbling fool bring ruin. It takes great wisdom to avoid both pitfalls. It takes a godly heart to use our winks and our words for good, not harm.
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