Proverbs 24:8
in Proverbs 24He who plots evil will be called a schemer.
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ASV
He that deviseth to do evil, Men shall call him a mischief-maker.
KJV
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
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This verse in Proverbs 24
Commentary
4 notes on this verseHe that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person To do evil is natural to men, all are prone to it; being conceived and born in sin, and, from the womb, more or less commit it: but for a man to sit down and contrive evil, as some men are inventors of evil things; contrive new sins, or at least new methods of sinning, such as new oaths, new games, new ways of tricking and deceiving men; and are always studying and devising ways and means of committing sin, and doing that which is evil in the sight of God and men.
This site's exposition
Wisdom is too high for a fool
on Proverbs 24:7-9
"Wisdom is too high for a fool," so "he does not open his mouth in the meeting place," the city gate. Wisdom's reach is beyond him. The unit then calls the plan itself sin, since "A foolish scheme is sin," and "a mocker is detestable to men."
This site's exposition
will be called a schemer
The schemer earns his name by planning evil. John Gill separates the evil all men fall into from the evil a man sits down to contrive, such as new ways of deceiving others. The name marks the man who studies how to sin.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
He who thinks to do evil, shall be called a fool. Do not think that he whom you see to be dull and slow-witted should be considered a fool, he clearly shows that he should be called a fool who even consents to the suggestions …
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מְחַשֵּׁ֥ב | mechashev | [one who] plans | H2803 → | 124 times |
| לְהָרֵ֑עַ | leharea' | to do evil | H7489 → | 107 times |
| ל֝֗וֹ | lo | <to> him | ||
| בַּֽעַל־ | baal- | master of | H1167 → | 84 times |
| מְזִמּ֥וֹת | mezimot | plots | H4209 → | 19 times |
| יִקְרָֽאוּ׃ | yikrau | people will call | H7121 → | 733 times |
מְחַשֵּׁ֥ב[one who] plans
mechashevH2803 →124 times
לְהָרֵ֑עַto do evil
leharea'H7489 →107 times
ל֝֗וֹ<to> him
lo
בַּֽעַל־master of
baal-H1167 →84 times
מְזִמּ֥וֹתplots
mezimotH4209 →19 times
יִקְרָֽאוּ׃people will call
yikrauH7121 →733 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 21:11Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
it leads to
- Psalms 10:2
In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
- Psalms 2:1
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- Jeremiah 11:18–19
And the LORD informed me, so I knew. Then You showed me their deeds.
- Psalms 31:13
For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
- Psalms 10:2
Through
Proverbs 6:18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
it leads to
- Genesis 6:5
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
- Proverbs 1:16
For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
- Jeremiah 4:14
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
- Psalms 36:4
Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
- Genesis 6:5
Where this verse is studied
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About Proverbs
This page draws on Bede, Commentary on Proverbs; Charles Bridges, An Exposition of the Book of Proverbs; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.