Proverbs 24:8
Hee that imagineth to doe euill, men shall call him an autour of wickednes.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
In Context
7Wisdome is hie to a foole: therefore he can not open his mouth in the gate.
9The wicked thought of a foole is sinne, and the scorner is an abomination vnto men.
Cross References
Psalms 21:11For they intended euill against thee, and imagined mischiefe, but they shall not preuaile.
Proverbs 6:18An heart that imagineth wicked enterprises, feete that be swift in running to mischiefe,
Proverbs 24:2For their heart imagineth destruction, and their lippes speake mischiefe.
Isaiah 10:7But he thinketh not so, neither doeth his heart esteeme it so: but he imagineth to destroy and to cut off not a fewe nations.
Ezekiel 38:10Thus saith the Lord God, Euen at ye same time shall many things come into thy minde, and thou shalt thinke euil thoughts.
Romans 1:30Backbiters, haters of God, doers of wrong, proude, boasters, inuenters of euil things, disobedient to parents, without vnderstanding, couenant breakers, without naturall affection, such as can neuer be appeased, mercilesse.
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 →