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Proverbs 24

Prov. 24:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He that deviseth
chashab (Hebrew #2803)
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
KJV usage: (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.
Pronounce: khaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
g to do evil
ra`a` (Hebrew #7489)
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
KJV usage: afflict, associate selves (by mistake for 7462), break (down, in pieces), + displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for 7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, X indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.
Pronounce: raw-ah'
Origin: a primitive root
shall be called
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
a mischievous
mzimmah (Hebrew #4209)
a plan, usually evil (machination), sometimes good (sagacity)
KJV usage: (wicked) device, discretion, intent, witty invention, lewdness, mischievous (device), thought, wickedly.
Pronounce: mez-im-maw'
Origin: from 2161
person
ba`al (Hebrew #1167)
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
KJV usage: + archer, + babbler, + bird, captain, chief man, + confederate, + have to do, + dreamer, those to whom it is due, + furious, those that are given to it, great, + hairy, he that hath it, have, + horseman, husband, lord, man, + married, master, person, + sworn, they of.
Pronounce: bah'-al
Origin: from 1166
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Prov. 14:22• 22Do they not err that devise evil? but loving-kindness and truth are for those that devise good. (Prov. 14:22)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 24:2,9• 2for their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
 9The purpose of folly is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to men. (Prov. 24:2,9)
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Prov. 6:14,18• 14deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords.
 18a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief; (Prov. 6:14,18)
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Prov. 14:22• 22Do they not err that devise evil? but loving-kindness and truth are for those that devise good. (Prov. 14:22)
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1 Kings 2:44• 44And the king said to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness of which thy heart is conscious, which thou didst to David my father; and Jehovah returns thy wickedness upon thine own head; (1 Kings 2:44)
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Psa. 21:11• 11For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute. (Psa. 21:11)
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Isa. 10:7‑13• 7But he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; for it is in his heart to extirpate and cut off nations not a few.
 8For he saith, Are not my princes all kings?
 9Is not Calno as Karkemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus?
 10As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols,--and their graven images exceeded those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
 11--shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her images?
 12And it shall come to pass, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stoutness of heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
 13For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I am intelligent; and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and, like a valiant man, I have brought down them that sit on thrones; (Isa. 10:7‑13)
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Isa. 32:7• 7The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. (Isa. 32:7)
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Ezek. 38:10‑11• 10Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: It shall even come to pass in that day that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought;
 11and thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will come to them that are in quiet, that dwell in safety, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, (Ezek. 38:10‑11)
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Nah. 1:11• 11Out of thee is gone forth one that imagineth evil against Jehovah, a wicked counsellor. (Nah. 1:11)
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Rom. 1:30• 30back-biters, hateful to God, insolent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, (Rom. 1:30)
• His thoughts of folly, whether put into execution or not, are sinful; for thoughts as well as deeds shall be judged when the secrets of men’s hearts are laid bare. (“Proverbs Twenty-Four” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a master of intrigues.