Proverbs 24:2

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; Job 5:2).

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 24:2

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

mischief. Hebrew. 'amal. App-44. Not the same word as in Proverbs 24:8 and Proverbs 24:16 .
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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

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 hinde...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. Ver. 2. For their heart studieth destruction. ] Great students they are; wi...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 vir...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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 misc...
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.
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 24:5 . A man of knowledge , rather “ a man of understanding ,” increaseth strength , literally “ maketh power strong .”...
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 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. 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

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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