Proverbs 24:8
He that plotteth to do evil shall be called 1 a ba'al mezimmot (master of schemes). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
In Context
7Chochmah is too lofty for a fool; 1 he openeth not his peh (mouth) at the sha'ar. 1
9The scheme of folly is chattat (sin), 1 and the scoffer is a to'evah to adam (man). 1
Cross References
Psalms 21:11Their fruit shalt Thou destroy from ha'aretz, 1 and their zera from among Bnei Adam. 1
Proverbs 6:18A lev that deviseth wicked machshevot (plans), 1 raglayim that are swift in running to ra'ah, 1
Proverbs 24:2For their lev plotteth violence, 1 and their sfatayim (lips) talk of amal (trouble). 1
Isaiah 10:7But he intendeth not so, 1 neither doth his mind so consider; 1 but it is in his lev 1 to make an end of Goyim not a few. 1
Ezekiel 38:10Thus saith Adonoi Hashem; It shall also come to pass, that on that day thoughts will arise into thy mind, and thou shalt devise a machashevet ra'ah (an evil plan);
Romans 1:30Backbiters, slanderers, haters of G-d, insolent, arrogant, braggarts, + 1:30 see Ro 4:2 contrivers of evil, disobedient to horim.
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 →