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Proverbs 24:8
823. If anyone has ideas to do evil things, people will know that he always causes trouble.
Proverbs 24:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
- New International Version (NIV)Whoever plots evil will be known as a schemer.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever plans to do evil will be called a schemer.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He who plots to do evil Will be called a schemer.
Context of Proverbs 24:8
6If you receive good advice before you fight a battle, you will win against your enemy. 722. A fool cannot understand wisdom. He has nothing to say when leaders meet. 23. If anyone has ideas to do evil things, people will know that he always causes trouble. 9If you decide to do something foolish, that is a sin. People hate anyone who laughs at others. 1024. If you stop trying in times of trouble, you are really very weak.
Read all of Proverbs 24Proverbs 24:8 word by word
מְחַשֵּׁ֥ב לְהָרֵ֑עַ ל֝֗וֹ בַּֽעַל־מְזִמּ֥וֹת יִקְרָֽאוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 24:8
- Proverbs 24:2They only think about how to cause trouble. They only speak to be cruel.
- Proverbs 6:14He uses evil thoughts to decide how he will hurt people. Wherever he goes, there is trouble.
- Proverbs 14:22People who want to do evil things have lost their way. But those who want to do good things show faithful love.
- 1 Kings 2:44The king also said to Shimei, ‘I know that you remember how you insulted my father David. Now the Lord will punish you because of the evil things that you did.
- Psalms 21:11They decided to hurt you. They thought how they would do that. But they could not do anything bad against you.
- Psalms 10:7Plenty of lies come from his mouth, and he curses people. The bad words that he speaks are very cruel, and they hurt people.
- Ezekiel 38:10This is what the Almighty Lord says: On that day you will have evil thoughts. You will decide to do a wicked thing.
- Nahum 1:11The Lord tells the king of Nineveh that he has done bad things against God. And the king has told his people that they should do wrong things.
- Romans 1:30They tell lies about people. They hate God. They insult other people. They are proud and they say how important they are. They think of many ways to do bad things. They do not obey their parents.
Commentaries on Proverbs 24:8
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-9Verses 7-9 A weak man thinks wisdom is too high for him, therefore he will take no pains for it. It is bad to do evil, but worse to devise it. Even the first risings of sin in the heart are sin, and must be repented of. Those that strive to make others hateful, make themselves so.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9Saying 23: Fools separate themselves from the community because they do bad things.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. So called even if he fails to do evil.Read the comment
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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
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