Proverbs 24:2
for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
BSB
ASV
For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.
KJV
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
For their heart studieth destruction,.... To others; to good men, that separate from them, and reprove them, or are in their way; or any ways hinder them in the prosecution of their wicked designs; as Haman's heart studied the destruction of the Jews: or their hearts study to draw men into their destructive methods of living, and therefore should be shunned and avoided.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Psalms 7:14Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
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Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
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They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
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No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
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You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.
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Job 15:35They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
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Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
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Psalms 28:3Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.
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His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
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Isaiah 59:4No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
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The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.