Proverbs 24:8
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
Proverbs 24:8 in other translations
| BSB | He who plots evil will be called a schemer. |
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| WEB | One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer. |
| ASV | He that deviseth to do evil, Men shall call him a mischief-maker. |
| YLT | Whoso is devising to do evil, Him they call a master of wicked thoughts. |
| DARBY | He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a master of intrigues. |
| BBE | He whose purposes are bad will be named a man of evil designs. |
| Webster | He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person. |
What does Proverbs 24:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 24:7-9
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.
Proverbs 24:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 24:8
- Psalms 21:11
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
- Ezekiel 38:10-11
Thus saith the Lord God; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
- Romans 1:30
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
- Nahum 1:11
There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counsellor.
- Proverbs 6:14
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
- Proverbs 6:18
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
- Proverbs 14:22
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
- Isaiah 10:7-13
Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; …
- Proverbs 24:2
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
- 1 Kings 2:44
The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
- Proverbs 24:9
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
- Isaiah 32:7
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Proverbs 24:7
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
- Proverbs 24:8
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
- Proverbs 24:9
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
Proverbs 24:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Al que piensa mal hacer le llamarán hombre de malos pensamientos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Celui qui pense à mal faire, on l’appellera intrigant. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wer darauf sinnt, Böses zu tun, den nennt man einen Ränkeschmied. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui cogitat mala facere stultus vocabitur: |