Proverbs 24:2

2 quia rapinas meditatur mens eorum et fraudes labia eorum loquuntur

Proverbs 24:2 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 24:2

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. Moreover, their hearts study destruction to themselves; they study what they shall eat and drink, which they pursue to intemperance; and how they shall compass their lewd designs, and which issue in their ruin; destruction and misery are in all the ways they devise and walk in; and their lips talk of mischief;
which they study in their hearts against others; as are their hearts, so are their lips; out of the abundance of the wickedness of their hearts their mouths speak mischievous things; and which, though they design for others, oftentimes fall upon themselves.

Proverbs 24:2 In-Context

1 ne aemuleris viros malos nec desideres esse cum eis
2 quia rapinas meditatur mens eorum et fraudes labia eorum loquuntur
3 sapientia aedificabitur domus et prudentia roborabitur
4 in doctrina replebuntur cellaria universa substantia pretiosa et pulcherrima
5 vir sapiens et fortis est et vir doctus robustus et validus
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