Proverbs 24:8
He that deviseth to do evil, men shall call him a mischievous person.
Revised Version 1895
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 openeth not his mouth in the gate.
9The thought of the foolish is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
Cross References
Psalms 21:11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a device, which they are not able to perform.
Proverbs 6:18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief;
Proverbs 24:2For their heart studieth oppression, and their lips talk of mischief.
Isaiah 10:7Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.
Ezekiel 38:10Thus saith the Lord GOD: It shall come to pass in that day, that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shalt devise an evil device:
Romans 1:30backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, 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 →