Proverbs 24:2
For their lev plotteth violence, 1 and their sfatayim (lips) talk of amal (trouble). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
In Context
1Be not thou envious of anshei ra'ah, 1 neither desire to be with them. 1
3Through chochmah is a bais built, 1 and by tevunah (understanding) it is established. 1
Cross References
Esther 3:6And he scorned to lay hands on Mordechai alone; since they had told him the Am Mordechai; therefore Haman sought to make shmad of kol haYehudim that were throughout the kol Malkhut Achashverosh, even the Am Mordechai.
Psalms 7:14He hath also prepared for Him the instruments of mavet; 1 He ordaineth His flaming khitzim (arrows). 1
Psalms 28:3Draw me not away with the resha'im, 1 and with the workers of iniquity, 1 which speak shalom to their neighbors, 1 but malice is in their hearts. 1
Psalms 64:4Who whet their tongue like a cherev, 1 and aim their khitzim (arrows), even davar mar (bitter words); 1
Proverbs 1:10Beni (my son), if chatt'aim (sinners) entice thee, 1 consent thou not. 1
Proverbs 24:8He that plotteth to do evil shall be called 1 a ba'al mezimmot (master of schemes). 1
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 →