Proverbs 24:9

God's Word

Foolish scheming is sinful, and a mocker is disgusting to everyone.

Cross References

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw how evil humans had become on the earth. All day long their deepest thoughts were nothing but evil.

Genesis 8:21

The Lord smelled the soothing aroma. He said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of humans, even though from birth their hearts are set on nothing but evil. I will never again kill every living creature as I have just done.

Psalm 119:113

I hate two-faced people, but I love your teachings.

Proverbs 21:24

An arrogant, conceited person is called a mocker. His arrogance knows no limits.

Proverbs 22:10

Drive out a mocker, and conflict will leave. Quarreling and abuse will stop.

Proverbs 23:7

As he calculates the cost to himself, this is what he does: He tells you, “Eat and drink,” but he doesn’t really mean it.

Proverbs 24:8

Whoever plans to do evil will be known as a schemer.

Proverbs 29:8

Mockers create an uproar in a city, but wise people turn away anger.

Proverbs 9:7

Whoever corrects a mocker receives abuse. Whoever warns a wicked person gets hurt.

Isaiah 55:7

Let wicked people abandon their ways. Let evil people abandon their thoughts. Let them return to the Lord, and he will show compassion to them. Let them return to our God, because he will freely forgive them.

Jeremiah 4:14

Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart so that you may be rescued. Don’t continue making evil plans.

Matthew 15:19

Evil thoughts, murder, adultery, ⌞other⌟ sexual sins, stealing, lying, and cursing come from within.

Matthew 5:28

But I can guarantee that whoever looks with lust at a woman has already committed adultery in his heart.

Matthew 9:4

Jesus knew what they were thinking. He asked them, “Why are you thinking evil things?

Acts 8:22

So change your wicked thoughts, and ask the Lord if he will forgive you for thinking like this.

2 Corinthians 10:5

and all their intellectual arrogance that oppose the knowledge of God. We take every thought captive so that it is obedient to Christ.