Proverbs 24:2
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
In Context
1Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
3Through wisdom is a house built; and by understanding it is established:
Cross References
Esther 3:6And he scorned to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shown him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
Psalms 7:14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Psalms 28:3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.
Psalms 64:4That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Proverbs 24:8He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
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 →