Proverbs 24:8 · KJV
“He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.”
— Proverbs 24:8
Wisdom {is} too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
The thought of foolishness {is} sin: and the scorner {is} an abomination to men.
Proverbs 24 — Context
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors {there is} safety.
7Wisdom {is} too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
8He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
9The thought of foolishness {is} sin: and the scorner {is} an abomination to men.
10{If} thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength {is} small. {small: Heb. narrow}
Cross References
Psalms 21:11
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, {which} they are not able {to perform}.
Ezekiel 38:10-11
Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, {that} at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: {think...: or, conceive a mischievous purpose}
Nahum 1:11
There is {one} come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor. {a wicked...: Heb. a counsellor of Belial}
Romans 1:30
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Proverbs 6:14
Frowardness {is} in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. {soweth: Heb. casteth forth}
Proverbs 6:18
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
Proverbs 14:22
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth {shall be} to them that devise good.
Isaiah 10:7-13
Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but {it is} in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.