Proverbs 24:2

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Ps 10:7 : 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.
  • Ps 28:3 : 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief [is] in their hearts.
  • Ps 7:14 : 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
  • Job 15:35 : 35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
  • 1 Sam 23:9 : 9 And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
  • Isa 59:4 : 4 None calleth for justice, nor [any] pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
  • Matt 26:3-4 : 3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill [him].
  • Acts 13:10 : 10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, [thou] child of the devil, [thou] enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
  • Luke 23:20-21 : 20 Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them. 21 But they cried, saying, Crucify [him], crucify him.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge [asketh] for a reward; and the great [man], he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
  • Esth 3:6-7 : 6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that [were] throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, [even] the people of Mordecai. 7 ¶ In the first month, that [is], the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that [is], the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, [to] the twelfth [month], that [is], the month Adar.
  • Ps 36:4 : 4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way [that is] not good; he abhorreth not evil.
  • Ps 64:4-6 : 4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. 5 They encourage themselves [in] an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? 6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward [thought] of every one [of them], and the heart, [is] deep.
  • Ps 140:2 : 2 Which imagine mischiefs in [their] heart; continually are they gathered together [for] war.
  • Prov 6:14 : 14 Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
  • Prov 24:8 : 8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ps 140:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2Which imagine mischiefs in [their] heart; continually are they gathered together [for] war.

    3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison [is] under their lips. Selah.

  • Prov 6:14
    78%

    14Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

  • Prov 12:20
    77%

    20¶ Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy.

  • Prov 24:8
    77%

    8He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

  • Prov 6:18
    77%

    18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

  • Rom 3:13-16
    4 verses
    76%

    13Their throat [is] an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their lips:

    14Whose mouth [is] full of cursing and bitterness:

    15Their feet [are] swift to shed blood:

    16Destruction and misery [are] in their ways:

  • Job 15:35
    76%

    35They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

  • Ps 10:7
    76%

    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.

  • Prov 24:1
    76%

    1¶ Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

  • Prov 16:30
    76%

    30He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

  • Isa 59:7
    76%

    7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction [are] in their paths.

  • Prov 1:16
    75%

    16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

  • Ps 12:2
    75%

    2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak.

  • Ps 21:11
    75%

    11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].

  • Ps 35:20
    75%

    20For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against [them that are] quiet in the land.

  • Ps 64:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5They encourage themselves [in] an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

    6They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward [thought] of every one [of them], and the heart, [is] deep.

  • Prov 26:23-24
    2 verses
    75%

    23¶ Burning lips and a wicked heart [are like] a potsherd covered with silver dross.

    24¶ He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;

  • Jer 9:8
    75%

    8Their tongue [is as] an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: [one] speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

  • Prov 4:16
    75%

    16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.

  • Ps 5:9
    75%

    9For [there is] no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part [is] very wickedness; their throat [is] an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

  • Ps 36:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.

    4He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way [that is] not good; he abhorreth not evil.

  • Mic 2:1
    75%

    1¶ Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

  • Ps 52:2
    75%

    2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

  • Prov 17:4
    74%

    4¶ A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

  • Ps 140:9
    74%

    9[As for] the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

  • Prov 2:14
    74%

    14Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

  • Ps 59:12
    74%

    12[For] the sin of their mouth [and] the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying [which] they speak.

  • Mic 7:3
    74%

    3That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge [asketh] for a reward; and the great [man], he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

  • Prov 16:27
    74%

    27¶ An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire.

  • Prov 17:20
    74%

    20¶ He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

  • Ps 50:19
    74%

    19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

  • Ps 73:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily.

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

  • Prov 15:28
    74%

    28¶ The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

  • Ps 62:4
    73%

    4They only consult to cast [him] down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

  • Ps 55:10
    73%

    10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow [are] in the midst of it.

  • Prov 1:18
    73%

    18And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.

  • Ps 28:3
    73%

    3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief [is] in their hearts.

  • Mic 6:12
    73%

    12For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.

  • Hos 7:3
    73%

    3They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

  • Jer 9:5
    73%

    5And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, [and] weary themselves to commit iniquity.

  • Prov 24:22
    73%

    22For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?

  • Ps 11:2
    72%

    2For, lo, the wicked bend [their] bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.