Proverbs 24:2
For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
In Context
1Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.
3By wisdom is a house builded, And by understanding it establisheth itself.
Cross References
Esther 3:6and it is contemptible in his eyes to put forth a hand on Mordecai by himself, for they have declared to him the people of Mordecai, and Haman seeketh to destroy all the Jews who [are] in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus — the people of Mordecai.
Psalms 7:14Lo, he travaileth [with] iniquity, And he hath conceived perverseness, And hath brought forth falsehood.
Psalms 28:3Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.
Psalms 64:4To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.
Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing.
Proverbs 24:8Whoso is devising to do evil, Him they call a master of wicked thoughts.
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 →