Proverbs 24:2
1 Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
3 By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;
4 through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
- KJV
- For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
- WEB
- for their hearts plot violence and their lips talk about mischief.
- ASV
- For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.
- DARBY
- for their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
- BLB
- for their heart devises violence and their lips speak trouble.
- ÅB
- For deres hjerte tenker bare på å ødelegge, og deres lepper taler ulykke.
- OTB
- for deres hjerter tenker ut vold, og deres lepper taler om trøbbel.
- B1930
- For deres hjerte tenker bare på å ødelegge, og deres leber taler ulykke.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 7:14
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
Read in contextPsalms 28:3
Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.
Read in contextPsalms 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
Read in contextIsaiah 59:4
No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Read in contextJob 15:35
They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
Read in context1 Samuel 23:9
When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”
Read in contextEsther 3:6–7
And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
Read in contextPsalms 36:4
Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
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