Proverbs 24:2
For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
In Context
1Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:
3The building of a house is by wisdom, and by reason it is made strong:
Cross References
Esther 3:6But it was not enough for him to make an attack on Mordecai only; for they had made clear to him who Mordecai's people were; so Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
Psalms 7:14\7:13\He has made ready for him the instruments of death; he makes his arrows flames of fire.
Psalms 28:3Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.
Psalms 64:4\64:3\Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;
Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.
Proverbs 24:8He whose purposes are bad will be named a man of evil designs.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:2-3
The Excellence of Wisdom. 1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. 2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. Here, 1. The caution given is much the same with that which we had before ( ch. xxiii. 17 ), not to envy sinners, not to think them happy, nor to wish ourselves in their condition, though they prosper ever so much in this world, and are ever so merry and ever so secure. "Let not such a thought ever come into thy mind, O that I could shake off the… Read the whole commentary →