New American Standard Bible 2020
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 people, Nor desire to be with them; For their minds plot violence, And their lips talk of trouble. 3By wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is established; 4And by knowledge the rooms are filled With all precious and pleasant riches.
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כִּי־שֹׁ֭ד יֶהְגֶּ֣ה לִבָּ֑ם וְ֝עָמָ֗ל שִׂפְתֵיהֶ֥ם תְּדַבֵּֽרְנָה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 24:2
- Proverbs 24:8One who plans to do evil, People will call a schemer.
- Proverbs 6:14Who, with perversion in his heart, continually devises evil, Who spreads strife.
- 1 Samuel 23:9But David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; so he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”
- Esther 3:6But he considered it beneath his dignity to kill Mordecai alone, for they had told him who the people of Mordecai were; so Haman sought to annihilate all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who were found throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
- Job 15:35They conceive harm and give birth to wrongdoing, And their mind prepares deception.”
- Psalms 7:14Behold, an evil person is pregnant with injustice, And he conceives harm and gives birth to lies.
- Psalms 10:7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression; Under his tongue is harm and injustice.
- Psalms 28:3Do not drag me away with the wicked And with those who practice injustice, Who speak peace with their neighbors, While evil is in their hearts.
- Psalms 36:4He plans wickedness on his bed; He sets himself on a path that is not good; He does not reject evil.
- Psalms 64:4To shoot from concealment at the innocent; Suddenly they shoot at him, and do not fear.
- Psalms 140:2Who devise evil things in their hearts; They continually stir up wars.
- Isaiah 59:4No one sues righteously and no one pleads honestly. They trust in confusion and speak lies; They conceive trouble and give birth to disaster.
- Micah 7:3As for evil, both hands do it well. The leader asks for a bribe, also the judge, And the great one speaks the capricious desire of his soul; So they plot it together.
- Matthew 26:3At that time the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the courtyard of the high priest named Caiaphas;
- Luke 23:20But Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again,
- Acts 13:10and said, “You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not stop making crooked the straight ways of the Lord?
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- 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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