Proverbs 24:8
Whoever intends to do evil shall be called foolish.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
In Context
7Wisdom is beyond the foolish; at the gate he will not open his mouth.
9The intention of the foolish is sin. And the detractor is an abomination among men.
Cross References
Psalms 21:11I have been thrown upon you from the womb; from the womb of my mother, you are my God.
Proverbs 6:18a heart that devises the most wicked thoughts, feet running swiftly unto evil,
Proverbs 24:2For their mind meditates on robberies, and their lips speak deceptions.
Isaiah 10:7But he will not consider it to be so, and his heart will not suppose it to be this way. Instead, his heart will be set to crush and to exterminate more than a few nations.
Ezekiel 38:10Thus says the Lord God: In that day, words will climb into your heart, and you will invent a most wicked plan.
Romans 1:30slanderous, hateful toward God, abusive, arrogant, self-exalting, devisers of evil, 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 →