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Proverbs 24:2

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24:2for their hearts contemplate violence,

and their lips speak harm.3

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Footnotes

  1. 3 This nineteenth saying warns against evil associations. Evil people are obsessed with destruction and trouble. See on this theme ; 3:31 and 23:17. D. Kidner observes that a close view of sinners is often a good antidote to envying them (Proverbs [], ).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

for their hearts devise violence,

and their lips talk of trouble.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

for their hearts plot violence,

and their lips talk about making trouble.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

for their hearts plan violence,

and their words stir up trouble.

NLTNew Living Translation

For their hearts plot violence,

and their words always stir up trouble.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For their minds will devise violence,

and their lips will speak mischief.

KJV 1900King James Version

For their heart studieth destruction,

And their lips talk of mischief.