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Proverbs 24:2

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

KJV

quia rapinas meditatur mens eorum, et fraudes labia eorum loquuntur.

Vulgate

ψευδῆ γὰρ μελετᾷ ἡ καρδία αὐτῶν, καὶ πόνους τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν λαλεῖ.

LXX

For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.

ASV

כִּי שֹׁ֭ד יֶהְגֶּ֣ה לִבָּ֑/ם וְ֝/עָמָ֗ל שִׂפְתֵי/הֶ֥ם תְּדַבֵּֽרְנָה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 55×
י
y
noun · 591×
י
y
noun · 177×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יֶהְגֶּ֣ה
yhgh
verb · 25×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
שֹׁ֖ד
shd
noun · 25×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 23:9 — And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
  • Acts 13:10 — And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
  • Isa 59:4 — None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
  • Job 15:35 — They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
  • Ps 7:14 — Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
  • Ps 10:7 — His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
  • Ps 28:3 — Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
  • Rom 2:6 — Who will render to every man according to his deeds: