Proverbs 24:8
One who plots to do evil 2 will be called a schemer. 1
One Unity Resource Bible
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: 2 he does not open his mouth in the gate. 1
9The schemes of folly are habitual sin ·missing the mark·. 2 The mocker is detested by men. 1
Cross References
Psalms 21:11For they intended evil against you. 2 They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed. 1
Proverbs 6:18a heart that devises vain striving of iniquity schemes, 2 feet that are swift in running to mischief, 1
Proverbs 24:2for their hearts plot violence, 2 and their lips talk about mischief. 1
Isaiah 10:7However he does not mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.
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 →