Proverbs 24:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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  • Ps 10:7 : 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and iniquitie.
  • Ps 28:3 : 3 Drawe mee not away with the wicked, and with the woorkers of iniquitie: which speake friendly to their neighbours, when malice is in their hearts.
  • Ps 7:14 : 14 Beholde, hee shall trauaile with wickednes: for he hath conceiued mischiefe, but he shall bring foorth a lye.
  • Job 15:35 : 35 For they conceiue mischiefe and bring foorth vanitie, and their bellie hath prepared deceite.
  • 1 Sam 23:9 : 9 And Dauid hauing knowledge that Saul imagined mischiefe against him, saide to Abiathar the Priest, Bring the Ephod.
  • Isa 59:4 : 4 No man calleth for iustice: no man contendeth for trueth: they trust in vanitie, & speake vaine things: they conceiue mischiefe, and bring foorth iniquitie.
  • Matt 26:3-4 : 3 Then assembled together the chiefe Priests, and the Scribes, and the Elders of ye people into the hall of the high Priest called Caiaphas: 4 And consulted together that they might take Iesus by subtiltie, and kill him.
  • Acts 13:10 : 10 And sayde, O full of all subtiltie and all mischiefe, the childe of the deuill, and enemie of all righteousnesse, wilt thou not cease to peruert the straight waies of the Lord?
  • Luke 23:20-21 : 20 Then Pilate spake againe to them, willing to let Iesus loose. 21 But they cried, saying, Crucifie, crucifie him.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 To make good for the euil of their hands, the prince asked, and the iudge iudgeth for a reward: therefore the great man he speaketh out the corruption of his soule: so they wrapt it vp.
  • Esth 3:6-7 : 6 Now he thought it too litle to lay hands onely on Mordecai: & because they had shewed him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy all the Iewes, that were throughout the whole kingdome of Ahashuerosh, euen the people of Mordecai. 7 In the first moneth (that is the moneth Nisan) in the twelft yere of King Ahashuerosh, they cast Pur (that is a lot) before Haman, from day to day, & from moneth to moneth, vnto the twelft moneth, that is the moneth Adar.
  • Ps 36:4 : 4 Hee imagineth mischiefe vpon his bed: he setteth himselfe vpon a way, that is not good, and doeth not abhorre euill.
  • Ps 64:4-6 : 4 To shoote at the vpright in secrete: they shoote at him suddenly, and feare not. 5 They encourage themselues in a wicked purpose: they commune together to lay snares priuilie, and say, Who shall see them? 6 They haue sought out iniquities, and haue accomplished that which they sought out, euen euery one his secret thoughtes, and the depth of his heart.
  • Ps 140:2 : 2 Which imagine euill things in their heart, and make warre continually.
  • Prov 6:14 : 14 Lewde things are in his heart: he imagineth euill at all times, and raiseth vp contentions.
  • Prov 24:8 : 8 Hee that imagineth to doe euill, men shall call him an autour of wickednes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 140:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2 Which imagine euill things in their heart, and make warre continually.

    3 They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adders poyson is vnder their lips. Selah.

  • Prov 6:14
    78%

    14 Lewde things are in his heart: he imagineth euill at all times, and raiseth vp contentions.

  • Prov 12:20
    77%

    20 Deceite is in the heart of them that imagine euill: but to the counsellers of peace shall be ioye.

  • Prov 24:8
    77%

    8 Hee that imagineth to doe euill, men shall call him an autour of wickednes.

  • Prov 6:18
    77%

    18 An heart that imagineth wicked enterprises, feete that be swift in running to mischiefe,

  • Rom 3:13-16
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    76%

    13 Their throte is an open sepulchre: they haue vsed their tongues to deceit: the poyson of aspes is vnder their lippes.

    14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse.

    15 Their feete are swift to shead blood.

    16 Destruction & calamity are in their waies,

  • Job 15:35
    76%

    35 For they conceiue mischiefe and bring foorth vanitie, and their bellie hath prepared deceite.

  • Ps 10:7
    76%

    7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and iniquitie.

  • Prov 24:1
    76%

    1 Bee not thou enuious against euill men, neither desire to be with them.

  • Prov 16:30
    76%

    30 He shutteth his eyes to deuise wickednes: he moueth his lippes, and bringeth euil to passe.

  • Isa 59:7
    76%

    7 Their feete runne to euill, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are wicked thoughts: desolation and destruction is in their paths.

  • Prov 1:16
    75%

    16 For their feete runne to euill, & make haste to shed blood.

  • Ps 12:2
    75%

    2 They speake deceitfully euery one with his neighbour, flattering with their lips, and speake with a double heart.

  • Ps 21:11
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    11 For they intended euill against thee, and imagined mischiefe, but they shall not preuaile.

  • Ps 35:20
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    20 For they speake not as friendes: but they imagine deceitfull woordes against the quiet of the lande.

  • Ps 64:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5 They encourage themselues in a wicked purpose: they commune together to lay snares priuilie, and say, Who shall see them?

    6 They haue sought out iniquities, and haue accomplished that which they sought out, euen euery one his secret thoughtes, and the depth of his heart.

  • Prov 26:23-24
    2 verses
    75%

    23 As siluer drosse ouerlayde vpon a potsheard, so are burning lips, and an euill heart.

    24 He that hateth, will counterfaite with his lips, but in his heart he layeth vp deceite.

  • Jer 9:8
    75%

    8 Their tongue is as an arow shot out, and speaketh deceite: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart hee layeth waite for him.

  • Prov 4:16
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    16 For they can not sleepe, except they haue done euill, and their sleepe departeth except they cause some to fall.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9 For no constancie is in their mouth: within, they are very corruption: their throte is an open sepulchre, and they flatter with their tongue.

  • Ps 36:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3 The wordes of his mouth are iniquitie and deceit: hee hath left off to vnderstand and to doe good.

    4 Hee imagineth mischiefe vpon his bed: he setteth himselfe vpon a way, that is not good, and doeth not abhorre euill.

  • Mic 2:1
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    1 Wo vnto them, that imagine iniquitie, and worke wickednesse vpon their beddes: when the morning is light they practise it because their hande hath power.

  • Ps 52:2
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    2 Thy tongue imagineth mischiefe, and is like a sharpe rasor, that cutteth deceitfully.

  • Prov 17:4
    74%

    4 The wicked giueth heed to false lippes, and a lyer hearkeneth to the naughtie tongue.

  • Ps 140:9
    74%

    9 As for the chiefe of them, that compasse me about, let the mischiefe of their owne lippes come vpon them.

  • Prov 2:14
    74%

    14 Which reioyce in doing euill, and delite in the frowardnesse of the wicked,

  • Ps 59:12
    74%

    12 For the sinne of their mouth, and the words of their lips: and let them be taken in their pride, euen for their periurie and lies, that they speake.

  • Mic 7:3
    74%

    3 To make good for the euil of their hands, the prince asked, and the iudge iudgeth for a reward: therefore the great man he speaketh out the corruption of his soule: so they wrapt it vp.

  • Prov 16:27
    74%

    27 A wicked man diggeth vp euill, and in his lippes is like burning fire.

  • Prov 17:20
    74%

    20 The froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a naughtie tongue, shall fall into euill.

  • Ps 50:19
    74%

    19 Thou giuest thy mouth to euill, and with thy tongue thou forgest deceit.

  • Ps 73:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8 They are licentious, and speake wickedly of their oppression: they talke presumptuously.

    9 They set their mouth against heauen, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

  • Prov 15:28
    74%

    28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answere: but the wicked mans mouth babbleth euil thinges.

  • Ps 62:4
    73%

    4 Yet they consult to cast him downe from his dignitie: their delight is in lies, they blesse with their mouthes, but curse with their hearts. Selah.

  • Ps 55:10
    73%

    10 Day and night they goe about it vpon the walles thereof: both iniquitie and mischiefe are in the middes of it.

  • Prov 1:18
    73%

    18 So they lay waite for blood and lie priuily for their liues.

  • Ps 28:3
    73%

    3 Drawe mee not away with the wicked, and with the woorkers of iniquitie: which speake friendly to their neighbours, when malice is in their hearts.

  • Mic 6:12
    73%

    12 For the rich men thereof are full of crueltie, & the inhabitants thereof haue spoken lyes, and their tongue is deceitfull in their mouth.

  • Hos 7:3
    73%

    3 They make the King glad with their wickednesse, and the princes with their lies.

  • Jer 9:5
    73%

    5 And euery one wil deceiue his friende, and wil not speake the trueth: for they haue taught their tongues to speake lies, and take great paynes to do wickedly.

  • Prov 24:22
    73%

    22 For their destruction shal rise suddenly, and who knoweth the ruine of them both?

  • Ps 11:2
    72%

    2 For loe, the wicked bende their bowe, and make readie their arrowes vpon the string, that they may secretly shoote at them, which are vpright in heart.