Proverbs 24:2
for their hearts plot violence,and their lips talk about mischief.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
In Context
1Do not be envious of evil men;neither desire to be with them:
3Through wisdom a house is built;by understanding it is established;
Cross References
Esther 3:6But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him Mordecai's people. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even Mordecai's people.
Psalms 7:14Behold, he travails with iniquity.Yes, he has conceived mischief,and brought forth falsehood.
Psalms 28:3Do not draw me away with the wicked,with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors,but mischief is in their hearts.
Psalms 64:4to shoot innocent men from ambushes.They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.
Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.
Proverbs 24:8One who plots to do evilwill be called a schemer.
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 →