Proverbs 24:8 Cross References - Leeser

⁸ Him that deviseth to do evil, men call a master of wicked devices.

⁴⁴ The king said moreover to Shim’i, Thou well knowest all the wickedness of which thy heart is conscious, that thou hast done to David my father: and the Lord bringeth back thy wickedness upon thy own head;

^{11 (21:12)} For they directed against thee evil: they devised a mischievous purpose, which they were not able to perform.

¹⁴ Perverseness is in his heart, he contriveth evil at all times; he scattereth abroad discord.

¹⁸ A heart that contriveth plans of injustice, feet that hasten to run after evil,

²² Behold, those who contrive evil are in error; but kindness and truth attend on those who contrive what is good.

² For their heart meditateth destruction, and of mischief do their lips speak.

⁹ The counsel of folly is sin; and an abomination to men is the scorner.

⁷ But he deemeth it not so, and his heart doth not think so; but to destroy is in his heart, and to cut off nations not a few. ⁸ For he saith, “Are not my princes altogether kings? ⁹ Is not Calno like Karkemish? is not Chamath like Arpad? is not Samaria like Damascus? ¹⁰ As my hand hath reached the kingdoms of the idols, whose graven images exceeded in number those of Jerusalem and of Samaria: ¹¹ Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, do so unto Jerusalem and unto her idols?” ¹² Wherefore shall it come to pass, that when the Lord hath completed all his work on mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the haughtiness of the king of Asshur, and the vain-glory of his proud looks. ¹³ For he hath said, “By the strength of my hand have I done it, and by my wisdom, for I have intelligence; and I have removed the boundaries of nations, and their laid-up treasures have I plundered, and brought down low those that were powerfully seated.

⁷ The instruments also of the avaricious man are evil: he deviseth wicked resolves to destroy the poor with words of falsehood, even when the needy speaketh what is right.

¹⁰ Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, It will also come to pass, at the same time, that things will come into thy mind, and thou wilt entertain an evil device; ¹¹ And thou wilt say, I will go up over the land of open towns; I will come against those that are careless, that dwell in safety, all of whom dwell without walls, and have neither bars nor gates,

¹¹ There is gone forth out of thee he that devised evil against the Lord, the counsellor of infamous things.