Proverbs 24:2
For, violence, their heart muttereth, and, mischief, their lips do speak.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
In Context
1Be not thou envious of wicked men, neither crave to be with them;
3In wisdom, is a house builded, and, in understanding, is it established;
Cross References
Esther 3:6but, it was contemptible in his eyes, to thrust forth a hand on Mordecai alone, for they had told him of the people of Mordecai,—and Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout all the kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of Mordecai.
Psalms 7:14Lo! he gendereth trouble, and conceiveth mischief, but giveth birth to a disappointment:
Psalms 28:3Do not drag me away—with the lawless, or with the workers of iniquity,—who speak peaceably with their neighbours, but, wrong, is in their heart.
Psalms 64:4To shoot, in secret places, at the blameless one, Suddenly they shoot at him, and fear not.
Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice thee, do not consent.
Proverbs 24:8He that deviseth to do mischief, him, shall men call, a master of plots.
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 →