“ For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. ”
Proverbs 24:7 a. Lit. Wisdom is corals to the fool. RV involves a change m the text, which gives perhaps the best sense that can be made of an obviously corrupt stanza. Proverbs 24:9 . though...
mischief. Hebrew. 'amal. App-44. Not the same word as in Proverbs 24:8 and Proverbs 24:16 .
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. For their heart studieth destruction - against others, which recoils on themselves ( Proverbs 11:3 ; Proverbs 11:5-6 ;...
5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge than a man of strength.'
CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to...
Warnings are uttered against envy, against the formation of evil companionships, against excess in passion, against all false exhilaration; and perperpetual attention to wisdom and earnest endeavor t...
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding i...
For their heart studieth destruction ,.... To others; to good men, that separate from them, and reprove them, or are in their way; or any ways hinder them in the prosecution of their wicked designs;...
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. Ver. 2. For their heart studieth destruction. ] Great students they are; wittily wicked; but they consult shame and confusion...
Be not thou envious , &c. The proneness of good men, especially while they are weak, and only in the beginnings of their course of piety and virtue, to be dejected at the prosperity of the ungod...
1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. 2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. Here, 1. The caution given is much...
Studieth destruction; how they may oppress and destroy others, which yet at last falls upon their own heads.
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 24:5 . A man of knowledge , rather “ a man of understanding ,” increaseth strength , literally “ maketh power strong .” Miller translates the entire verse thus:—“ A stro...
Proverbs 24:1 . Be not envious against evil men. Similar thoughts occur in Psalms 37:1 ; Psalms 73 ; Proverbs 17:1 . Why should we envy the wicked? We are all going to lie in the common dust; t...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 24:1 We return here to the more usual form, the tetrastich. Be not thou envious against evil men (see on Proverbs 23:17 , where a similar warning is given, and comp...
v. 2. For their heart studieth destruction, they are constantly meditating upon oppression and violence, and their lips talk of mischief, their expressed purpose being to harm others.
1 Samuel 23:9 ; Acts 13:10 ; Esther 3:6 ; Esther 3:7 ; Isaiah 59:4 ; Job 15:35 ; Luke 23:20 ; Luke 23:21 ; Micah 7:3 ; Matthew 26:3 ; Matthew 26:4 ; Proverbs 24:8 ; Proverbs 6:14 ; Psal...
Destruction — How they may oppress and destroy others.