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Proverbs 24

Prov. 24:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For their heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
studieth
hagah (Hebrew #1897)
to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder
KJV usage: imagine, meditate, mourn, mutter, roar, X sore, speak, study, talk, utter.
Pronounce: daw-gaw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1901)
destruction
shod (Hebrew #7701)
from 7736; violence, ravage
KJV usage: desolation, destruction, oppression, robbery, spoil(-ed, -er, - ing), wasting.
Pronounce: shode
Origin: or showd (Job 5:21) {shode}
, and their lips
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
b talk
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
of mischief
`amal (Hebrew #5999)
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
KJV usage: grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.
Pronounce: aw-mawl'
Origin: from 5998
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Psa. 10:7• 7Of cursing his mouth is full, and of deceits and violence;{HR}Under his tongue [is] mischief and iniquity. (Psa. 10:7)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 24:8• 8He that deviseth to do evil{HR}Shall be called a master of intrigues. (Prov. 24:8)
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Prov. 6:14• 14Deceits [are] in his heart;{HR}He deviseth mischief at all times;{HR}He sendeth out discords. (Prov. 6:14)
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1 Sam. 23:9• 9And David knew that Saul secretly practiced mischief against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. (1 Sam. 23:9)
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Esther 3:6‑7• 6But he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shown him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that [were] throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of Mordecai.
 7In the first month, which [is] the month of 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 of Adar. (Esther 3:6‑7)
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Job 15:35• 35They conceive misery, and bring forth vanity,{HR}And their womb prepareth deceit. (Job 15:35)
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Psa. 7:14• 14Behold he travaileth [with] iniquity,{HR}And he hath conceived mischief and brought forth falsehood. (Psa. 7:14)
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Psa. 10:7• 7Of cursing his mouth is full, and of deceits and violence;{HR}Under his tongue [is] mischief and iniquity. (Psa. 10:7)
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Psa. 28:3• 3Take me not away with the wicked and with the doers of iniquity,{HR}Who speak peace with their neighbours and evil is in their hearts. (Psa. 28:3)
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Psa. 36:4• 4He deviseth falsehood upon his bed,{HR}He setteth himself upon a way [that is] not good,{HR}He rejecteth not evil. (Psa. 36:4)
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Psa. 64:4‑6• 4To shoot in the secret places at the perfect;{HR}Suddenly they shoot [at him] and fear not.
 5They strengthen to themselves an evil matter;{HR}They concert to hide snares;{HR}They have said, Who will see them?
 6They devise iniquities:{HR}We are ready (finished)! a well-devised device!{HR}And each one's inward [thought] and heart [is] deep. (Psa. 64:4‑6)
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Psa. 140:2• 2Who devise evils in heart;{HR}All day they gather [for] wars. (Psa. 140:2)
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Isa. 59:4• 4None sueth in righteousness, none pleadeth in truthfulness. They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. (Isa. 59:4)
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Mic. 7:3• 3Both hands are for evil, to do it well. The prince asketh, and the judge is there for a reward; and the great man uttereth his soul's greed: and together they combine it. (Mic. 7:3)
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Matt. 26:3‑4• 3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together to the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas,
 4and took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him; (Matt. 26:3‑4)
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Luke 23:20‑21• 20Again therefore Pilate addressed them, wishing to release Jesus.
 21But they kept calling in reply, Crucify, crucify him! (Luke 23:20‑21)
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Acts 13:10• 10said, O full of all guile and all trickery, devil's son, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the Lord's right ways? (Acts 13:10)
• Disappointment and grief must ever be their portion, who hope through iniquity to find happiness. See, out of many instances with which Scripture abounds, the wretched life of Jehoram, king of Judah (2 Chron. 21). (“Proverbs Twenty-Four” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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for their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

W. Kelly Translation

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For their heart studieth destruction,{HR}And their lips talk of mischief.