Proverbs 24:2
Because their mind studieth robberies, and their lips speak deceits.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
In Context
1Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them:
3By wisdom the house shall be built, and by prudence it shall be strengthened.
Cross References
Esther 3:6And he counted it nothing to lay his hands upon Mardochai alone: for he had heard that he was of the nation of the Jews, and he chose rather to destroy all the nation of the Jews that were in the kingdom of Assuerus.
Psalms 7:14And in it he hath prepared the instruments of death, he hath made ready his arrows for them that burn.
Psalms 28:3Draw me not away together with the wicked; and with the workers of iniquity destroy me not: Who speak peace with their neighbour, but evils are in their hearts.
Psalms 64:4For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,
Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them.
Proverbs 24:8He that deviseth to do evils, shall be called a fool.
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 →