Proverbs 24:8
There is one who plans to do evil— 1 people call him a master of schemes. 1
Unlocked Literal 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; 1 in the gate he does not open his mouth. 1
9A foolish plan is sin 1 and men despise a mocker. 1
Cross References
Psalms 21:11For they intended evil against you; 1 they conceived a plot with which they will not succeed! 1
Proverbs 6:18a heart that invents wicked schemes, 1 feet that quickly run to do evil, 1
Proverbs 24:2because their hearts plot violence 1 and their lips talk about trouble. 1
Isaiah 10:7But this is not what he intends, nor does he think this way. 1 It is in his heart to destroy and eliminate many nations. 1
Ezekiel 38:10The Lord Yahweh says this: It will happen on that day that plans will form in your heart, and you will devise wicked schemes.'
Romans 1:30slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventing ways of doing evil; they are disobedient to parents.
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 →