Proverbs 24:2

World English Bible (2000)

for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about mischief.

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  • Ps 10:7 : 7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
  • Ps 28:3 : 3 Don't draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.
  • Ps 7:14 : 14 Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
  • Job 15:35 : 35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit."
  • 1 Sam 23:9 : 9 David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod here."
  • Isa 59:4 : 4 None sues in righteousness, and none pleads in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
  • Matt 26:3-4 : 3 Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas. 4 They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.
  • Acts 13:10 : 10 and said, "Full of all deceit and all cunning, you son 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 Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus, 21 but they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!"
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.
  • Esth 3:6-7 : 6 But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him Mordecai's people. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even Mordecai's people. 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, and chose the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
  • Ps 36:4 : 4 He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn't abhor evil.
  • Ps 64:4-6 : 4 to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly. 5 They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, "Who will see them?" 6 They plot injustice, saying, "We have made a perfect plan!" Surely man's mind and heart are cunning.
  • Ps 140:2 : 2 those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.
  • Prov 6:14 : 14 in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.
  • Prov 24:8 : 8 One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.

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  • Ps 140:2-3
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    2those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.

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

  • Prov 6:14
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    14in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

  • Prov 12:20
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    20Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.

  • Prov 24:8
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    8One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.

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

  • Rom 3:13-16
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    13"Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used 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.

    16Destruction and misery are in their ways.

  • Job 15:35
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    35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit."

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

  • Prov 24:1
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    1Don't be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them:

  • Prov 16:30
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    30One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.

  • Isa 59:7
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    7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.

  • Prov 1:16
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    16for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.

  • Ps 12:2
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    2Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

  • Ps 21:11
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    11For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

  • Ps 35:20
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    20For they don't speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

  • Ps 64:5-6
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    5They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, "Who will see them?"

    6They plot injustice, saying, "We have made a perfect plan!" Surely man's mind and heart are cunning.

  • Prov 26:23-24
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    23Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.

    24A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.

  • Jer 9:8
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    8Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.

  • Prov 4:16
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    16For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.

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

    4He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn't abhor evil.

  • Mic 2:1
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    1Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on 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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    2Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

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

  • Prov 2:14
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    14who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil;

  • Ps 59:12
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    12For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.

  • Mic 7:3
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    3Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.

  • Prov 16:27
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    27A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19"You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

  • Ps 73:8-9
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    8They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

    9They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.

  • Prov 15:28
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    28The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.

  • Ps 62:4
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    4They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

  • Ps 55:10
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    10Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her.

  • Prov 1:18
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    18but these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.

  • Ps 28:3
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    3Don't draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Mic 6:12
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    12Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.

  • Hos 7:3
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    3They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

  • Jer 9:5
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    5They will deceive everyone his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

  • Prov 24:22
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    22for their calamity will rise suddenly; the destruction from them both--who knows?

  • Ps 11:2
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    2For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.