Proverbs 24:2
For their heart meditates falsehoods, and their lips speak mischiefs.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
In Context
1My son, envy not bad men, nor desire to be with them.
3A house is built by wisdom, and is set up by understanding.
Cross References
Psalms 7:14And on it he has fitted the instruments of death; he has completed his arrows for the + 7:14 See Heb. perhaps 'persecuting ones.'raging ones.
Psalms 28:3The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory has thundered: the Lord is upon many waters.
Psalms 64:4The words of transgressors have overpowered us; but do thou pardon our sins.
Proverbs 1:10My son, let not ungodly men lead thee astray, neither consent thou to them.
Proverbs 24:8but deliberate in council. Death befalls uninstructed men.
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 →