Proverbs 24:2

Proverbs 24:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
• New International Version (NIV)for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about making trouble.
• English Standard Version (ESV)for their hearts devise violence, and their lips talk of trouble.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For their heart devises violence, And their lips talk of troublemaking.

Context of Proverbs 24:2

1Do not be envious of evil men, Nor desire to be with them; For their minds plot violence, And their lips talk of trouble [for the innocent]. 3Through [skillful and godly] wisdom a house [a life, a home, a family] is built, And by understanding it is established [on a sound and good foundation], 4And by knowledge its rooms are filled With all precious and pleasant riches.

Proverbs 24:2 word by word

כִּי־שֹׁ֭ד יֶהְגֶּ֣ה לִבָּ֑ם וְ֝עָמָ֗ל שִׂפְתֵיהֶ֥ם תְּדַבֵּֽרְנָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For their heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• studiethהָגָהhâgâh · to mutterH1897
• destructionשֹׁדshôd shôd · violenceH7701
• and their lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193
• talkדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• of mischiefעָמָל‛âmâl · troubleH5999

Cross-references for Proverbs 24:2

• Proverbs 24:8He who plans to do evil Will be called a schemer or deviser of evil.
• Proverbs 6:14Who perversely in his heart plots trouble and evil continually; Who spreads discord and strife.
• 1 Samuel 23:9But David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”
• Esther 3:6But he disdained laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him who the people of Mordecai were (his nationality); so Haman determined to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who lived throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
• Job 15:35They conceive mischief and bring forth wickedness, And their inmost soul prepares deceit and fraud.”
• Psalms 7:14Behold, the [wicked and irreverent] man is pregnant with sin, And he conceives mischief and gives birth to lies.
• Psalms 10:7His mouth is full of curses and deceit (fraud) and oppression; Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness [injustice and sin].
• Psalms 28:3Do not drag me away with the wicked And with those who do evil, Who speak peace with their neighbors, While malice and mischief are in their hearts.
• Psalms 36:4He plans wrongdoing on his bed; He sets himself on a path that is not good; He does not reject or despise evil.
• Psalms 64:4To shoot from ambush at the blameless [one]; Suddenly they shoot at him, without fear.
• Psalms 140:2They devise evil things in their hearts; They continually [gather together and] stir up wars.
• Isaiah 59:4No one sues righteously [but for the sake of doing injury to others—to take some undue advantage], and no one pleads [his case] in truth; [but rather] They trust in empty arguments and speak lies; They conceive trouble and bring forth injustice.
• Micah 7:3Concerning evil, both of their hands pursue it and do it diligently and thoroughly; The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe, And a great man speaks the [evil] desire of his soul. So they twist the course of justice between them.
• Matthew 26:3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of the [elegant home of the Jewish] high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
• Luke 23:20Pilate addressed them again, wanting to release Jesus,
• Acts 13:10and said, “You [Elymas] who are full of every [kind of] deceit, and every [kind of] fraud, you son of the devil, enemy of everything that is right and good, will you never stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord?

Commentaries on Proverbs 24:2

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2Saying 19: See Proverbs 1:8–19.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-34Pr 24:1-34. 1-2. (Compare Pr 23:3, 17; Psa 37:1).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 24:2

• Heart
• Speaking
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Faint
• Respect
• Face
• Mischief
• Proverbs, the Book of

Commentaries on Proverbs 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings