Proverbs 24:2

In 11 translations

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.

LSV

For their heart meditates [on] destruction, || And their lips speak perverseness.

YLT

For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.

DBY

for their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

DRC

Because their mind studieth robberies, and their lips speak deceits.

GNV

For their heart imagineth destruction, and their lippes speake mischiefe.

JPS

For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

LXXE

For their heart meditates falsehoods, and their lips speak mischiefs.

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WLC

כִּי־שֹׁ֭ד יֶהְגֶּ֣ה לִבָּ֑ם וְ֝עָמָ֗ל שִׂפְתֵיהֶ֥ם תְּדַבֵּֽרְנָה׃We read one or more accents in L differently from BHQ.We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

LXX-Br

Ψευδῆ γὰρ μελετᾷ ἡ καρδία αὐτῶν, καὶ πόνους τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν λαλεῖ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 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.
• 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.
• 1 Samuel 23:9When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”
• Job 15:35They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
• Matthew 26:3–4At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
• Proverbs 6:14With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
• Esther 3:6–7And 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. In the…
• Psalms 36:4Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
• 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?
• 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.
• Psalms 64:4–6ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear. They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say. They devise injustice and say, “We have…
• Luke 23:20–21Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate addressed them again, but they kept shouting, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!”
• Psalms 140:2who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.
• Proverbs 24:8He who plots evil will be called a schemer.

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