King James Version
Proverbs 24:2 in the King James Version says “For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.”
Proverbs 24:2 · KJV
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For their heart”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
“and their lips”
H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
“talk”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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