Proverbs 24:8
Whoso is devising to do evil, Him they call a master of wicked thoughts.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
In Context
7Wisdom [is] high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth.
9The thought of folly [is] sin, And an abomination to man [is] a scorner.
Cross References
Psalms 21:11For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,
Proverbs 6:18A heart devising thoughts of vanity — Feet hasting to run to evil —
Proverbs 24:2For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.
Isaiah 10:7And he — he thinketh not so, And his heart reckoneth not so, For — to destroy [is] in his heart, And to cut off nations not a few.
Ezekiel 38:10Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And it hath come to pass in that day, Come up do things on thy heart, And thou hast thought an evil thought,
Romans 1:30evil-speakers, God-haters, insulting, proud, boasters, 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 →