Proverbs 24:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 10:7 : 7 Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue `is' perverseness and iniquity,
  • Ps 28:3 : 3 Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.
  • Ps 7:14 : 14 Lo, he travaileth `with' iniquity, And he hath conceived perverseness, And hath brought forth falsehood.
  • Job 15:35 : 35 To conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart doth prepare deceit.
  • 1 Sam 23:9 : 9 And David knoweth that against him Saul is devising the evil, and saith unto Abiathar the priest, `Bring nigh the ephod.'
  • Isa 59:4 : 4 There is none calling in righteousness, And there is none pleading in faithfulness, Trusting on emptiness, and speaking falsehood, Conceiving perverseness, and bearing iniquity.
  • Matt 26:3-4 : 3 Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, to the court of the chief priest who was called Caiaphas; 4 and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill `him',
  • Acts 13:10 : 10 said, `O full of all guile, and all profligacy, son of a devil, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the right ways of the Lord?
  • Luke 23:20-21 : 20 Pilate again then -- wishing to release Jesus -- called to them, 21 but they were calling out, saying, `Crucify, crucify him.'
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 On the evil `are' both hands to do `it' well, The prince is asking -- also the judge -- for recompence, And the great -- he is speaking the mischief of his soul, And they wrap it up.
  • Esth 3:6-7 : 6 and it is contemptible in his eyes to put forth a hand on Mordecai by himself, for they have declared to him the people of Mordecai, and Haman seeketh to destroy all the Jews who `are' in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus -- the people of Mordecai. 7 In the first month -- it `is' the month of Nisan -- in the twelfth year of the king Ahasuerus, hath one caused to fall Pur (that `is' the lot) before Haman, from day to day, and from month to month, `to' the twelfth, it `is' the month of Adar.
  • Ps 36:4 : 4 Iniquity he deviseth on his bed, He stationeth himself on a way not good, Evil he doth not refuse.'
  • Ps 64:4-6 : 4 To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not. 5 They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, `Who doth look at it?' 6 They search out perverse things, `We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart `are' deep.
  • Ps 140:2 : 2 Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble `for' wars.
  • Prov 6:14 : 14 Frowardness `is' in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.
  • Prov 24:8 : 8 Whoso is devising to do evil, Him they call a master of wicked thoughts.

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%

    2Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble `for' wars.

    3They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder `is' under their lips. Selah.

  • Prov 6:14
    78%

    14Frowardness `is' in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.

  • Prov 12:20
    77%

    20Deceit `is' in the heart of those devising evil, And to those counselling peace `is' joy.

  • Prov 24:8
    77%

    8Whoso is devising to do evil, Him they call a master of wicked thoughts.

  • Prov 6:18
    77%

    18A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil --

  • Rom 3:13-16
    4 verses
    76%

    13A sepulchre opened `is' their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps `is' under their lips.

    14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

    15Swift `are' their feet to shed blood.

    16Ruin and misery `are' in their ways.

  • Job 15:35
    76%

    35To conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart doth prepare deceit.

  • Ps 10:7
    76%

    7Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue `is' perverseness and iniquity,

  • Prov 24:1
    76%

    1Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.

  • Prov 16:30
    76%

    30Consulting his eyes to devise froward things, Moving his lips he hath accomplished evil.

  • Isa 59:7
    76%

    7Their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed innocent blood, Their thoughts `are' thoughts of iniquity, Spoiling and destruction `are' in their highways.

  • Prov 1:16
    75%

    16For their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed blood.

  • Ps 12:2
    75%

    2Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

  • Ps 21:11
    75%

    11For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,

  • Ps 35:20
    75%

    20For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,

  • Ps 64:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, `Who doth look at it?'

    6They search out perverse things, `We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart `are' deep.

  • Prov 26:23-24
    2 verses
    75%

    23Silver of dross spread over potsherd, `Are' burning lips and an evil heart.

    24By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit,

  • Jer 9:8
    75%

    8A slaughtering arrow `is' their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush,

  • Prov 4:16
    75%

    16For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not `some' to stumble.

  • Ps 5:9
    75%

    9For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart `is' mischiefs, An open grave `is' their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.

  • Ps 36:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3The words of his mouth `are' iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.

    4Iniquity he deviseth on his bed, He stationeth himself on a way not good, Evil he doth not refuse.'

  • Mic 2:1
    75%

    1Wo `to' those devising iniquity, And working evil on their beds, In the light of the morning they do it, For their hand is -- to God.

  • Ps 52:2
    75%

    2Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

  • Prov 17:4
    74%

    4An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Ps 140:9
    74%

    9The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.

  • Prov 2:14
    74%

    14Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,

  • Ps 59:12
    74%

    12The sin of their mouth `is' a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.

  • Mic 7:3
    74%

    3On the evil `are' both hands to do `it' well, The prince is asking -- also the judge -- for recompence, And the great -- he is speaking the mischief of his soul, And they wrap it up.

  • Prov 16:27
    74%

    27A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips -- as a burning fire.

  • Prov 17:20
    74%

    20The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

  • Ps 50:19
    74%

    19Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

  • Ps 73:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak.

    9They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.

  • Prov 15:28
    74%

    28The heart of the righteous meditateth to answer, And the mouth of the wicked uttereth evil things.

  • Ps 62:4
    73%

    4Only -- from his excellency They have consulted to drive away, They enjoy a lie, with their mouth they bless, And with their heart revile. Selah.

  • Ps 55:10
    73%

    10By day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness `are' in its midst,

  • Prov 1:18
    73%

    18And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.

  • Ps 28:3
    73%

    3Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.

  • Mic 6:12
    73%

    12Whose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue `is' deceitful in their mouth.

  • Hos 7:3
    73%

    3With their wickedness they make glad a king, And with their lies -- princes.

  • Jer 9:5
    73%

    5And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.

  • Prov 24:22
    73%

    22For suddenly doth their calamity rise, And the ruin of them both -- who knoweth!

  • Ps 11:2
    72%

    2For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.