Proverbs 24:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.”
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BSBPD
“for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 24:2 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 23:9When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”
- Esther 3:6And 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.
- Job 15:35They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
- Psalms 7:14Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
- Psalms 10:7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
- Psalms 28:3Do 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.
- Psalms 36:4Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
- Psalms 64:4ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.
- Psalms 140:2who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.
- Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
- Proverbs 6:14With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
- Proverbs 24:8He who plots evil will be called a schemer.
- Isaiah 59:4No 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.
- Micah 7:3Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
- Matthew 26:3At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
- Luke 23:20Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate addressed them again,
- Acts 13:10and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?
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