Proverbs 24:8
מְחַשֵּׁב לְהָרֵעַ לוֹ בַּֽעַל ־ מְזִמּוֹת יִקְרָֽאוּ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
In Context
7רָאמוֹת לֶֽאֱוִיל חָכְמוֹת בַּשַּׁעַר לֹא יִפְתַּח ־ פִּֽיהוּ ׃
9זִמַּת אִוֶּלֶת חַטָּאת וְתוֹעֲבַת לְאָדָם לֵֽץ ׃
Cross References
Psalms 21:11פִּרְיָמוֹ מֵאֶרֶץ תְּאַבֵּד וְזַרְעָם מִבְּנֵי אָדָֽם ׃
Proverbs 6:18לֵב חֹרֵשׁ מַחְשְׁבוֹת אָוֶן רַגְלַיִם מְמַהֲרוֹת לָרוּץ לָֽרָעָה ׃
Proverbs 24:2כִּי ־ שֹׁד יֶהְגֶּה לִבָּם וְעָמָל שִׂפְתֵיהֶם תְּדַבֵּֽרְנָה ׃
Isaiah 10:7וְהוּא לֹא ־ כֵן יְדַמֶּה וּלְבָבוֹ לֹא ־ כֵן יַחְשֹׁב כִּי לְהַשְׁמִיד בִּלְבָבוֹ וּלְהַכְרִית גּוֹיִם לֹא מְעָֽט ׃
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 →