Proverbs 24:8
He who devises to do evil, men shall call him a mischief-maker.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
In Context
7Wisdom is too high for a fool. He opens not his mouth in the gate.
9The thought of folly is sin. And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
Cross References
Psalms 21:11For they intended evil against thee. They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.
Proverbs 6:18a heart that devises wicked purposes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
Proverbs 24:2For their heart meditates oppression, and their lips talk of mischief.
Isaiah 10:7However he does not so reason, nor does his heart so think, but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.
Ezekiel 38:10Thus says lord LORD: It shall come to pass in that day, that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shall devise an evil plan.
Romans 1:30being gossips, slanderous, God-hating, aggressors, arrogant boasters, contrivers of evil things, disobedient to parents;
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:8-10
The Malicious and the Scornful. 7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate. 8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person. 9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men. Here is the description, 1. Of a weak man: Wisdom is too high for him; he thinks it so, and therefore, despairing to attain it, he will take no pains in the pursuit of it, but sit down content without it. And really it is so; he has not capacity for it, and therefore… Read the whole commentary →