The Meaning of Proverbs 24:2 Explained

Proverbs 24:2

KJV: For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

YLT: For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.

Darby: for their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

ASV: For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For their heart  studieth  destruction,  and their lips  talk  of mischief. 

What does Proverbs 24:2 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 24

1  Precepts and Warnings

What do the individual words in Proverbs 24:2 mean?

For violence devises their heart and troublemaking their lips talk of
כִּי־ שֹׁ֭ד יֶהְגֶּ֣ה לִבָּ֑ם וְ֝עָמָ֗ל שִׂפְתֵיהֶ֥ם תְּדַבֵּֽרְנָה

שֹׁ֭ד  violence 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֹׁד  
Sense: havoc, violence, destruction, devastation, ruin.
יֶהְגֶּ֣ה  devises 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: הָגָה  
Sense: to moan, growl, utter, muse, mutter, meditate, devise, plot, speak.
לִבָּ֑ם  their  heart 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: לֵב 
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.
וְ֝עָמָ֗ל  and  troublemaking 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עָמָל  
Sense: .
שִׂפְתֵיהֶ֥ם  their  lips 
Parse: Noun, fdc, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׂפָה  
Sense: lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding.
תְּדַבֵּֽרְנָה  talk  of 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.