Proverbs 24:2
For their heart meditateth destruction, and of mischief do their lips speak.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
In Context
1Be thou not envious of bad men, and do not long to be with them.
3Through wisdom is a house built; and through understanding is it firmly established;
Cross References
Esther 3:6But it appeared too contemptible in his eyes to lay his hand on Mordecai alone: for they had told him of the people of Mordecai: therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout all the kingdom of Achashverosh, the people of Mordecai.
Psalms 7:14(7:15) Behold, he travaileth with wrong doing; but he hath conceived mischief, and bringeth forth falsehood.
Psalms 28:3Snatch me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of injustice, who speak peace with their neighbors, with mischief in their heart.
Psalms 64:4(64:5) To shoot in secret at the innocent; suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners wish to entice thee, consent thou not.
Proverbs 24:8Him that deviseth to do evil, men call a master of wicked devices.
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 →