Proverbs 24:2

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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 dtroy 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)

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  • Ps 140:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

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

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

  • Prov 6:14
    78%

    14 Frowardness 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 counsellers of peace is joy.

  • Prov 24:8
    77%

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

  • Prov 6:18
    77%

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

  • Rom 3:13-16
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    76%

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

    14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

    15 Their feet are swift to shed blood:

    16 Destruction and misery are in their ways:

  • Job 15:35
    76%

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

  • Ps 10:7
    76%

    7 His 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%

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

  • Isa 59:7
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    7 Their 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
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    16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

  • Ps 12:2
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    2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering li and with a double heart do they speak.

  • Ps 21:11
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    11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

  • Ps 35:20
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    20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

  • Ps 64:5-6
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    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.

  • Prov 26:23-24
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    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
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    8 Their 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
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    16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9 For 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%

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

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

  • Mic 2:1
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    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
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    2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, 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
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    9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own li cover them.

  • Prov 2:14
    74%

    14 Who 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 li let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

  • Mic 7:3
    74%

    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.

  • 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%

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

  • Ps 73:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

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

    9 They 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%

    4 They 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%

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

  • Prov 1:18
    73%

    18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk ivily for their own lives.

  • Ps 28:3
    73%

    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.

  • Mic 6:12
    73%

    12 For 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%

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

  • Jer 9:5
    73%

    5 And 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%

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

  • Ps 11:2
    72%

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