Proverbs 24:2
because their hearts plot violence 1 and their lips talk about trouble. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
In Context
1Do not be envious of those who are evil, 1 nor desire to associate with them, 1
3Through wisdom a house is built 1 and by understanding it is established. 1
Cross References
Esther 3:6He had contempt for the idea of killing only Mordecai, for the king's servants had told him who Mordecai's people were. Haman wanted to exterminate all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who were in the entire kingdom of Ahasuerus.
Psalms 7:14Think about the one who is pregnant with wickedness, 1 who conceives destructive plans, who gives birth to harmful lies. 1
Psalms 28:3Do not drag me away with the wicked, those who do iniquity, 1 who speak peace with their neighbors but have evil in their hearts. 1
Psalms 64:4so that they may shoot from secret places at someone who is innocent; 1 suddenly they shoot at him and fear nothing. 1
Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners try to entice you into their sin, 1 refuse to follow them. 1
Proverbs 24:8There is one who plans to do evil— 1 people call him a 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 →