Proverbs 24:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ He who plots to do evil Is called a master of evil plots.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ He that deviseth to do evil Shall be called a mischievous person.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ He who plans to do evil will be called a mischief-maker.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ He that deviseth to do evil, Men shall call him a mischief-maker.

Common English Bible

⁸ Those who plot evil will be called master schemers.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Whoever intends to do evil shall be called foolish.

Proverbs 24:8 Cross References

1 Kings 2:44

The sovereign also said to Shimʽ

Psalm 21:11

For they held out evil against You; They devised a plot; they do not prevail.

Proverbs 14:22

Do not those who plan evil go astray? But kindness and truth are to those who plan good.

Proverbs 24:2

For their heart plots to ravage, And their lips talk of trouble.

Proverbs 24:9

The purpose of folly is sin, And the scoffer is an abomination to men.

Proverbs 6:14

Perverseness is in his heart, Plotting evil at all times, He sends out strife.

Proverbs 6:18

A heart devising wicked schemes, Feet quick to run to evil,

Isaiah 32:7

And the methods of the scoundrel are evil – he has devised wicked plans to destroy the poor with words of falsehood, even when the needy pleads for right-ruling.

Nahum 1:11

From you came forth one who plots evil against יהוה, a counsellor of Beliyaʽ

Romans 1:30

slanderers, haters of Elohim, insolent, proud, boasters, devisers of evils, disobedient to parents,