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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?{HR}But mercy 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,{HR}And their lips talk of mischief.
 9The thought of foolishness [is] sin,{HR}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;{HR}He deviseth mischief at all times;{HR}He sendeth out discords.
 18A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations,{HR}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?{HR}But mercy and truth [are] for those that devise good. (Prov. 14:22)
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1 Kings 2:44• 44{i}And 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;{/i} (1 Kings 2:44)
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Psa. 21:11• 11For they stretched out evil over thee,{HR}They have devised a wicked device; they are not able. (Psa. 21:11)
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Isa. 10:7‑13• 7But he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but [it is] in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
 8For he saith, [Are] not my princes all kings?
 9[Is] not Calno as Carchemish? [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 of Samaria),
 11shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her images?
 12And it shall come to pass [that], when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon Mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout 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 prudent; and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have put 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 also come to pass in that day that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shalt devise a wicked device,
 11and thou wilt say, I will go up to the land of villages, I will invade those who are at ease, that dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates (Ezek. 38:10‑11)
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Nah. 1:11• 11There is one come out of thee that imagineth evil against Jehovah, a wicked counsellor. (Nah. 1:11)
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Rom. 1:30• 30slanderers, God-hated, insolent, haughty, boastful, 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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He that deviseth to do evil{HR}Shall be called a master of intrigues.