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%

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

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

  • Prov 6:14
    78%

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

  • Prov 12:20
    77%

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

  • Prov 24:8
    77%

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

  • Prov 6:18
    77%

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

  • Rom 3:13-16
    4 verses
    76%

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

    14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

    15 Swift `are' their feet to shed blood.

    16 Ruin and misery `are' in their ways.

  • Job 15:35
    76%

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

  • Ps 10:7
    76%

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

  • Prov 24:1
    76%

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

  • Prov 16:30
    76%

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

  • Isa 59:7
    76%

    7 Their 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%

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

  • Ps 12:2
    75%

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

  • Ps 21:11
    75%

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

  • Ps 35:20
    75%

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

  • Ps 64:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Prov 26:23-24
    2 verses
    75%

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

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

  • Jer 9:8
    75%

    8 A 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%

    16 For 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%

    9 For 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%

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

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

  • Mic 2:1
    75%

    1 Wo `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%

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

  • Prov 17:4
    74%

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

  • Ps 140:9
    74%

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

  • Prov 2:14
    74%

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

  • Ps 59:12
    74%

    12 The 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%

    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.

  • Prov 16:27
    74%

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

  • Prov 17:20
    74%

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

  • Ps 50:19
    74%

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

  • Ps 73:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

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

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

  • Prov 15:28
    74%

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

  • Ps 62:4
    73%

    4 Only -- 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%

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

  • Prov 1:18
    73%

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

  • Ps 28:3
    73%

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

  • Mic 6:12
    73%

    12 Whose 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%

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

  • Jer 9:5
    73%

    5 And 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%

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

  • Ps 11:2
    72%

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