Verse 8
Proverbs 24:8
Young's Literal Translation
8
Whoso is devising to do evil, Him they call a master of wicked thoughts.
Original Language Text
hebrew
מְחַשֵּׁ֥ב לְ/הָרֵ֑עַ ל֝֗/וֹ בַּֽעַל מְזִמּ֥וֹת יִקְרָֽאוּ
English Translation
The one who devises evil against him, the master of plots, they shall call.
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Chapter 24 Context
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Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.
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For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.
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By wisdom is a house builded, And by understanding it establisheth itself.
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And by knowledge the inner parts are filled, [With] all precious and pleasant wealth.
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Mighty [is] the wise in strength, And a man of knowledge is strengthening power,
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For by plans thou makest for thyself war, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counsellors.
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Wisdom [is] high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth.
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Whoso is devising to do evil, Him they call a master of wicked thoughts.
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The thought of folly [is] sin, And an abomination to man [is] a scorner.
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Thou hast shewed thyself weak in a day of adversity, Straitened is thy power,
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If [from] delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter -- thou keepest back.
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When thou sayest, 'Lo, we knew not this.' Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth? And th...
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Eat my son, honey that [is] good, And the honeycomb -- sweet to thy palate.
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So [is] the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy ho...
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Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.
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For seven [times] doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil.
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In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,
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Lest Jehovah see, and [it be] evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.
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Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked,
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For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
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Fear Jehovah, my son, and the king, With changers mix not up thyself,
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For suddenly doth their calamity rise, And the ruin of them both -- who knoweth!
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These also are for the wise: -- To discern faces in judgment is not good.
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Whoso is saying to the wicked, 'Thou [art] righteous,' Peoples execrate him -- nations abhor him.
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And to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh a good blessing.
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Lips he kisseth who is returning straightforward words.
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Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field -- go afterwards, Then thou hast bu...
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Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.
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Say not, 'As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'
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Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.
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And lo, it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall ha...
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And I see -- I -- I do set my heart, I have seen -- I have received instruction,
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A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down.
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And thy poverty hath come [as] a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!
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