Proverbs 24:9

The thought — The very inward thought or contrivance of evil, is a sin in God's sight.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 24:9

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 ob...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

thought, &c. Compare Proverbs 4:23 . Job 1:5 . Jeremiah 4:14 . Matthew 9:3 ; Matthew 9:4 ; Matthew 15:19 ; Matthew 15:20 . foolishness ....
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men. The thought of foolishness is sin - זמת אולת חטאת zimmath ivveleth c...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men. The thought (Hebrew, zimat ( H2154 ); literally, evil or m...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge than a man of strength.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The thought of foolishness is sin. — Rather, Sin is the contrivance ( plotting ) of self-will. Sin is the “transgression of the law” of God ( 1...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Warnings are uttered against envy, against the formation of evil companionships, against excess in passion, against all false exhilaration; and perpe...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The thoughts of foolishness [is] sin ,.... The thought of sin is sin e, before it comes into action; the motions of sin in the mind, the workings of...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination to men. Ver. 9. The thought of foolishness is sin. ] The schools do well...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He that deviseth, &c., shall be called mischievous Hebrew, בעל מזמות, a master of crafts or mischiefs. Though he cover his wicked devices wit...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate. 8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The thought of foolishness is sin; the very inward thought or contrivance of evil, of which he spake Proverbs 24:8 , even before it break forth...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 24:7 . Wisdom is too high, etc. Delitzsch here reads, Wisdom seems to the fool to be an ornamental commodity , and thi...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 wic...
The Biblical Illustrator

The thought of foolishness is sin. The nature of evil thoughts I. What is meant by the “thought of foolishness”? Folly and sin signify the same...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 9. The thought of foolishness, literally, "the meditation of folly," is sin, that is, even when folly tries to perform something with prudent...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 10:5 ; Acts 8:22 ; Genesis 6:5 ; Genesis 8:21 ; Isaiah 55:7 ; Jeremiah 4:14 ; Matthew 15:19 ; Matthew 5:28 ; Matthew 9:4 ; Pr...

⁹ The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 24:9

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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 Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 24:9