Proverbs 24:8
One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.
World English Bible British
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. He doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.
9The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.
Cross References
Psalms 21:11For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.
Proverbs 6:18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
Proverbs 24:2for their hearts plot violence and their lips talk about mischief.
Isaiah 10:7However, he doesn’t mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.
Ezekiel 38:10“‘The Lord GOD says: “It will happen in that day that things will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.
Romans 1:30backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil things, 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 →