One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.
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One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.
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He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
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He that deviseth to do evil, men shall call him a mischievous person.
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- Psalms 21:11 For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.
- Proverbs 6:14 in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.
- Proverbs 6:18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
- Proverbs 14:22 Don’t they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.
- Ezekiel 38:10-11 “ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “It will happen in that day that things will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan. You will say, ‘I will go up to the land of unwalled villages. I will go to those who are at rest, who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
- Romans 1:30 backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
- 1 Kings 2:44 The king said moreover to Shimei, “You know in your heart all the wickedness that you did to David my father. Therefore Yahweh will return your wickedness on your own head.
- Proverbs 24:2 for their hearts plot violence and their lips talk about mischief.
- Proverbs 24:9 The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.
- Isaiah 10:7-13 However he doesn’t mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations. For he says, “Aren’t all of my princes kings? Isn’t Calno like Carchemish? Isn’t Hamath like Arpad? Isn’t Samaria like Damascus?” As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, whose engraved images exceeded those of Jerusalem and of Samaria; shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols? Therefore it will happen that when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the willful proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the insolence of his arrogant looks. For he has said, “By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding. I have removed the boundaries of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures. Like a valiant man I have brought down their rulers.
- Nahum 1:11 There is one gone out of you, who devises evil against Yahweh, who counsels wickedness.
- Isaiah 32:7 The ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked plans to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Pro 24:8 He that deviseth to do evil shall…
Pro 24:8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
Ver. 8. Shall be called a mischievous person.] Heb., A master of sinful musings, an artist at any evil. Josephus saith of Antipater, that his course of life might fitly be called a mystery of mischief, {a} quae altissimas egerat radices, &c.
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{a} κακιας μυστηριον.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Heb. a master of mischief. The sense is, Though…
Heb. a master of mischief. The sense is, Though he cover his wicked devices with fair pretences, and would be better esteemed, yet he shall be noted and branded with that infamy which is due to him.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain The thoughts of foolishness is sin,.... The thought of…
The thoughts of foolishness is sin,.... The thought of sin is sin (e), before it comes into action; the motions of sin in the mind, the workings of corrupt nature in the heart, the sinful desires of the flesh and of the mind: these are forbidden and condemned by the law of God as sin, which says, "Thou shall not covet", Exo 20:17, and stand in need of pardoning grace and mercy; see Rom 7:5. Or, "the thoughts of a foolish man are sin" (f); that is, of a wicked man; in all whose thoughts God is not, but sin is; the imagination of the thoughts of his heart is evil, and that continually; he thinks of nothing else but sin, Gen 6:5;
and the scorner is an abomination to men; who not only thinks ill of divine things, and despises them in his heart, which is only known to God; but scoffs at them with his lips, makes a jest of all that is good, derides religion and religious men; and to such he is an abomination: and indeed one that is proud and haughty, scorner is his name, and that deals in proud wrath, and scorns all around him, in whatsoever company he comes, and that ridicules every person, and every thing that is said in conversation, is usually hated and abhorred by all sorts of men.
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(e) "Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum, facti crimen habet", Juvenal. Satyr. 13. v. 209, 210. (f) "stulti", Pagninus, Junius & Tremellius, Mercerus, Piscator, Gejerus.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Shall be called - Though he cover his wicked…
Shall be called - Though he cover his wicked devices with fair pretenses, he shall be branded with that infamy which is due to him.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Pro 24:8-9. He that deviseth, &c., shall be called…
Pro 24:8-9. He that deviseth, &c., shall be called mischievous — Hebrew, בעל מזמות, a master of crafts or mischiefs. Though he cover his wicked devices with fair pretences, and wishes to be better esteemed, he shall be branded with that infamy which is due to him. The thought of foolishness is sin — The very inward thought or contrivance of evil, of which he spake Pro 24:8, even before it break forth into action, is a sin in God’s sight, and is hateful to God; and the scorner — He who not only deviseth and practiseth wickedness, but obstinately persists in it, and rejects all admonitions against it; is an abomination to men — Is abominable not only to God, as all sinners are, but to all sober men.
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Charles Bridges 1846 · Public Domain What a picture is here of human depravity, in…
What a picture is here of human depravity, in its active working, its corrupt fountain, and its fearful end! Talent, imagination, active mind, is so debased, as to be all concentrated upon Satan’s own work — devising to do evil.†1 He was the first deviser (Gen 3:1 ), and he practices his children, till he makes them, like himself, masters of mischief; contriving new modes of sinning, ways of trickery and deceit; like the degraded heathen, "inventors of evil things." (Rom 1:30 .) To do evil is the principle; devising to do evil is the energy, of his service. In this craft of evil, Balaam was a mischievous person.†2 Abimelech has earned for himself the same reputation. (Jdg 9:1-55 .) Jeroboam’s subtle mischief has stamped his name with the black mark of reprobation — "who made Israel to sin."†3 Jezebel,†4 and others of less note, equally industrious in evil, will appear in the same ranks at the great day.
Even when it is not brought out into action, the thought of foolishness — giving it lodgment (Jer 4:14 ), instead of casting it out as loathsome — is sin. ’But what guilt’ — it is asked — ’can there be in a thought? It is but an airy notion; next to nothing. It can make no impression. A malicious thought cannot hurt. A covetous thought cannot rob. What guilt or danger can belong to so minute a being?’ Perhaps did we deal with man, these might be trifling evils. But as the thought is the fountain of the act, God counts it in the act, and holds us responsible for it.†5 The smallest sin involves us in the breach of the whole law. (Jas 2:10-11 .) This is his decision; and who can answer against it? The most spiritual Christians lay their hands upon their mouths, "and their mouths in the dust."†6
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The awakened sinner admits his total depravity upon the same demonstration as his own existence — consciousness. One sin gives birth to another. Countless multitudes follow in rapid and continuous succession. "Every imagination of the thoughts of the heart is only evil continually." (Gen 6:5 .) Did we fully realize this apprehension, the flitting moments of the day, each bringing with it an increase of guilt, could not slide away so pleasantly from us; not at least without shame and humiliation; without habitual application of the divine remedy. Job’s sensitive conscience carried his sons continually to the atoning sacrifice. (Job 1:5 .) Bunyan (unlike many loose professors, who are never troubled about their thoughts) was deeply afflicted in the remembrance of one sinful thought. Nor let this be condemned as a morbid temperament. Is it not rather the tender sensibility of a heart humbled by the continual view of the great sin-offering? Our sensibilities rise in proportion to our spiritual apprehensions. Even a passing shade of sin, did we suitably realize it — it might well be a matter of poignant bitterness. A believing sorrow for heart-sins — however involuntary — is a clear mark of divine grace and teaching: issuing in deep humiliation, not with despondency. (Rom 7:15-25 .)
But let us follow out this thought of foolishness unrestrained. It commits an immensity of folly. The thinking faculty is never wearied out. It is the fruitful principle of sin, which, ’the more it is committed’ (as it has been no less truly than philosophically remarked), ’the more it acquireth in the quality of evil.’†7 The thought therefore gathers strength in every acting, till its full influence is developed in the "scorner’s seat" (Psa 1:1 ) — an abomination, not only to God, but to man.†8 For however misused wit and talent may gain for the fool a bad pre-eminence; he secures no respect, and is generally avoided or dreaded, and ultimately brought to shame.†9
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†1 Pro 24:2. Psa 36:3-4 .
†2 Num 31:16. Rev 2:14 .
†3 1Ki 12:26-33 ; 1Ki 15:30 .
†4 1Ki 21:25 . Rev 2:20 .
†5 Compare Pro 15:26 . Psa 94:11 . Mat 9:3-4 ; Mat 15:19 . Act 8:22 . Rom 2:15 .
Even an Heathen moralist could write —
Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum,
Facti crimen habet. — Juv. xiii. 209, 210.
†6 Pro 30:32. Job 40:4 . Lam 3:29 .
†7 Sir T. Browne, Rel. Med. p. 101. Edit. 1642.
†8 Pro 21:24. Mal 2:8-9 .
†9 Jer 36:23, with Jer 22:19 .
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain So called even if he fails to do evil.
So called even if he fails to do evil.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 8. He that deviseth to do evil — A…
8. He that deviseth to do evil — A master of mischief. “Mischief and wrong are his ownership and property.” — Wordsworth. “Inventors of evil things.” Rom_1:30. The inventor or discoverer of a good thing is a benefactor of the race; but he who spends his time in inventing that which will injure his fellow man is the greatest of curses — a fiend incarnate. The same is true of those who follow, though they may not invent, a business or calling which is destructive to the health, life, and morals of their fellow beings. Such is the manufacture and traffic in intoxicating drinks, the making and vending of obscene literature, etc.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8. shall be called] Lit. they (men) shall call…
8. shall be called] Lit. they (men) shall call him. However secretly he works (comp. Psa_64:6 [Hebrews 7]), his true character shall be found out, and his reputation shall accord with it.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain He that deviseth to do evil. He who shows…
He that deviseth to do evil. He who shows a certain kind of misapplied cleverness (in contrast to the true wisdom) in planning and pursuing evil schemes. Shall be called. Defined and explained, as Pro_16:21. (comp. Pro_21:24) A mischievous person; literally, lord of mischief; i.e. owner, possessor of mischief. One must not be led by such a man"s apparent astuteness to attribute; to him wisdom; he is an impostor, a mere intriguer, who is sure to be exposed ere long. Septuagint, "Death befalls the undisciplined."
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Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain v. 8. He that deviseth to do evil, with…
v. 8. He that deviseth to do evil, with whom mischief and wrong is self-evident, who is the master of wickedness, shall be called a mischievous person, his evil reputation will soon be well established.
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These verses continue the "thirty sayings" (Proverbs 22:20).
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a master of schemes
one who is skillful at making evil plans. AT: "a mischievous person" or "a troublemaker"
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fool
sin
mock
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 24:8-9 Saying 23: Fools are alienated from the community…
24:8-9 Saying 23: Fools are alienated from the community because of their evil actions.
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