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Proverbs 24

Prov. 24:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For their heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
studieth
hagah (Hebrew #1897)
to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder
KJV usage: imagine, meditate, mourn, mutter, roar, X sore, speak, study, talk, utter.
Pronounce: daw-gaw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1901)
destruction
shod (Hebrew #7701)
from 7736; violence, ravage
KJV usage: desolation, destruction, oppression, robbery, spoil(-ed, -er, - ing), wasting.
Pronounce: shode
Origin: or showd (Job 5:21) {shode}
, and their lips
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
b talk
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
of mischief
`amal (Hebrew #5999)
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
KJV usage: grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.
Pronounce: aw-mawl'
Origin: from 5998
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Psa. 10:7• 7His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity. (Psa. 10:7)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 24:8• 8He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a master of intrigues. (Prov. 24:8)
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Prov. 6:14• 14deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords. (Prov. 6:14)
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1 Sam. 23:9• 9And when David knew that Saul devised mischief against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod. (1 Sam. 23:9)
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Esther 3:6‑7• 6But he scorned to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai; therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus--the people of Mordecai.
 7In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman for each day and for each month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar. (Esther 3:6‑7)
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Job 15:35• 35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit. (Job 15:35)
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Psa. 7:14• 14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood: (Psa. 7:14)
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Psa. 10:7• 7His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity. (Psa. 10:7)
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Psa. 28:3• 3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, and mischief is in their heart. (Psa. 28:3)
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Psa. 36:4• 4He deviseth wickedness up on his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good: he abhorreth not evil. (Psa. 36:4)
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Psa. 64:4‑6• 4That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
 5They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?
 6They devise iniquities: We have it ready, the plan is diligently sought out. And each one's inward thought and heart is deep. (Psa. 64:4‑6)
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Psa. 140:2• 2Who devise mischiefs in their heart; every day are they banded together for war. (Psa. 140:2)
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Isa. 59:4• 4none calleth for justice, none pleadeth in truthfulness. They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. (Isa. 59:4)
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Mic. 7:3• 3Both hands are for evil, to do it well. The prince asketh, and the judge is there for a reward; and the great man uttereth his soul's greed: and together they combine it. (Mic. 7:3)
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Matt. 26:3‑4• 3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together to the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas,
 4and took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him; (Matt. 26:3‑4)
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Luke 23:20‑21• 20Pilate therefore, desirous to release Jesus, again addressed them.
 21But they cried out in reply saying, Crucify, crucify him. (Luke 23:20‑21)
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Acts 13:10• 10said, O full of all deceit and all craft: son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness; wilt thou not cease perverting the right paths of the Lord? (Acts 13:10)
• Disappointment and grief must ever be their portion, who hope through iniquity to find happiness. See, out of many instances with which Scripture abounds, the wretched life of Jehoram, king of Judah (2 Chron. 21). (“Proverbs Twenty-Four” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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for their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.