Proverbs 10:10
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
Cross-reference
Proverbs 10:8 shares the exact phrase 'a babbling fool will come to ruin', directly reinforcing the fate of foolish talk.
Proverbs 10:14 says the mouth of a fool brings ruin near, mirroring the babbling fool's ruin in 10:10.
Proverbs 10:13 contrasts wise speech with a rod for the fool, similar to the contrast between winking and babbling in 10:10.
In Proverbs 6:13, winking is part of a list of deceptive gestures — elaborating on the malicious winking that causes grief.
Proverbs 18:7 states a fool's mouth is his ruin, directly paralleling the babbling fool's ruin in 10:10.
Proverbs 17:20 also warns that deceitful communication (perverse tongue) leads to evil, echoing the troublemaker’s wink in the main verse.
Proverbs 18:6 says a fool's lips bring strife, echoing how the babbling fool causes trouble and ruin.
Proverbs 18:21 teaches that the tongue holds power of life and death, expanding on the consequences of foolish speech.
Proverbs 14:23 contrasts talk with profit, aligning with 10:10's theme that foolish talk leads to ruin.
Psalm 35:19 uses the same 'wink the eye' image for malicious glee, reinforcing this gesture as a sign of hidden hostility.
Ecclesiastes 10:12 teaches that a fool is consumed by his own lips, similar to the 'prating fool' in the main verse who falls into trouble.