Proverbs 24:8
He that deviseth to do evil 1 Shall be called a mischievous person. 1
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
In The King James Version
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
In Context
7Wisdom is too high for a fool: 1 He openeth not his mouth in the gate. 1
9The thought of foolishness is sin: 1 And the scorner is an abomination to men. 1
Cross References
Psalms 21:11For they intended evil against thee: 1 They imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. 1
Proverbs 6:18A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, 1 Feet that be swift in running to mischief, 1
Proverbs 24:2For their heart studieth destruction, 1 And their lips talk of mischief. 1
Isaiah 10:7Howbeit he meaneth not so, 1 Neither doth his heart think so; 1 But it is in his heart to destroy 1 And cut off nations not a few. 1
Ezekiel 38:10Thus saith the Lord God; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
Romans 1:30backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, 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 →