Proverbs 24:2

mischief. Hebrew. 'amal. App-44. Not the same word as in Proverbs 24:8 and Proverbs 24:16.

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For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Studieth destruction; how they may oppress and destroy others, which yet at last falls upon their own heads.
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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 2. For their heart studieth destruction, they are constantly meditating upon oppression and violence, and their lips talk of mischief, their e...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 ; Matt...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Destruction — How they may oppress and destroy others.

² For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 24:2

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 24:2