Proverbs 24:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

For their hearts plot 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 Do not draw me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.
  • Ps 7:14 : 14 Behold, he travails with iniquity, and has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
  • Job 15:35 : 35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepares deceit.
  • 1 Sam 23:9 : 9 And David knew that Saul secretly planned mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here the ephod.
  • Isa 59:4 : 4 No one calls for justice, nor does anyone plead 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, to the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by stealth, and kill him.
  • Acts 13:10 : 10 And said, O full of all deceit and all trickery, you child of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
  • Luke 23:20-21 : 20 Pilate, therefore, wanting to release Jesus, spoke 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 asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
  • Esth 3:6-7 : 6 And he thought it scornful to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had shown him the people of Mordecai. Therefore, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai. 7 In the first month, which 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, which is the month Adar.
  • Ps 36:4 : 4 He devises mischief upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not abhor evil.
  • Ps 64:4-6 : 4 That they may shoot in secret at the blameless; suddenly do they shoot at him and fear not. 5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter; they talk of laying snares secretly; they say, Who shall see them? 6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search; the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
  • Ps 140:2 : 2 Who devise mischiefs in their hearts; continually they gather together for war.
  • Prov 6:14 : 14 Perversity is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.
  • Prov 24:8 : 8 He who devises to do evil shall be called a schemer.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 140:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2 Who devise mischiefs in their hearts; continually they gather together for war.

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

  • Prov 6:14
    78%

    14 Perversity is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.

  • Prov 12:20
    77%

    20 Deceit is in the heart of those who imagine evil, but to the counselors of peace there is joy.

  • Prov 24:8
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    8 He who devises to do evil shall be called a schemer.

  • Prov 6:18
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    18 A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

  • Rom 3:13-16
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    76%

    13 'Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they have practiced deceit; the poison of vipers 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 prepares 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 Do not be envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them.

  • Prov 16:30
    76%

    30 He shuts his eyes to devise perverse things; moving his lips, he brings evil to pass.

  • Isa 59:7
    76%

    7 Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; devastation and destruction are in their paths.

  • Prov 1:16
    75%

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

  • Ps 12:2
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    2 They speak vanity everyone with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

  • Ps 21:11
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    11 For they intended evil against you: they devised a mischievous scheme, 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 those who are quiet in the land.

  • Ps 64:5-6
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    75%

    5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter; they talk of laying snares secretly; they say, Who shall see them?

    6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search; 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 who hates others disguises it with his lips, and stores up deceit within him;

  • Jer 9:8
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    8 Their tongue is like an arrow shot out; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in wait.

  • Prov 4:16
    75%

    16 For they do not sleep unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is pure wickedness; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

  • Ps 36:3-4
    2 verses
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    3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good.

    4 He devises mischief upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not abhor evil.

  • Mic 2:1
    75%

    1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it because it is in the power of their hand.

  • Ps 52:2
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    2 Your tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

  • Prov 17:4
    74%

    4 A wicked doer listens to false lips, and a liar gives ear to a deceitful tongue.

  • Ps 140:9
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    9 As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

  • Prov 2:14
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    14 Who rejoice to do evil and delight in the perversity of the wicked;

  • Ps 59:12
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    12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride, and for the cursing and lying which they speak.

  • Mic 7:3
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    3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

  • Prov 16:27
    74%

    27 An ungodly man digs up evil, and in his lips there is like a burning fire.

  • Prov 17:20
    74%

    20 He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Ps 50:19
    74%

    19 You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

  • Ps 73:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly of oppression; they speak loftily.

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

  • Prov 15:28
    74%

    28 The heart of the righteous studies how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

  • Ps 62:4
    73%

    4 They only plan to cast him down from his high position; 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 its walls; mischief and sorrow are in the midst of it.

  • Prov 1:18
    73%

    18 And they lie in wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.

  • Ps 28:3
    73%

    3 Do not draw me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Mic 6:12
    73%

    12 For the rich men there are full of violence, the inhabitants 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 neighbor, 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 knows the ruin of them both?

  • Ps 11:2
    72%

    2 For behold, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, to secretly shoot at the upright in heart.