Proverbs 24:2
For their mind meditates on robberies, and their lips speak deceptions.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
In Context
1Do not imitate evil men, nor desire to be among them.
3By wisdom shall a house be built, and by prudence shall it be strengthened.
Cross References
Esther 3:6And he considered it pointless to lay his hands on Mordecai alone, for he had heard that he was part of the Jewish people. And so he wanted more: to destroy the entire nation of the Jews, who were in the kingdom of Artaxerxes.
Psalms 7:14And with it, he has prepared instruments of death. He has produced his arrows for those on fire.
Psalms 28:3The voice of the Lord is over the waters. The God of majesty has thundered. The Lord is over many waters.
Psalms 64:4Words of iniquity have prevailed over us. And you will pardon our impieties.
Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners should entice you, do not consent to them.
Proverbs 24:8Whoever intends to do evil shall be called foolish.
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 →