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# A man of violence lies to his neighbor
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It is implied that this man lies to his neighbor in order to get his neighbor to join him in violent actions. AT: "A man of violence entices his neighbor" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# A man of violence
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"A violent man" or "A man who practices violence"
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# leads him down a path that is not good
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The writer speaks of a person's actions as if they were a road on which the person walks. AT: "gets him to do things that are not good" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# a path that is not good
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The writer uses an understatement to emphasize how bad this path is. AT: "a very bad path" or "a terrible path" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# The one who winks the eye ... those who purse the lips
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Both of these are facial gestures which people might use to signal their plans to others. See how you translated "winks the eye" in [Proverbs 10:10](../10/10.md).
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# will bring evil to pass
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"will do evil things" |