Proverbs 24:8
Good News Translation
If you are always planning evil, you will earn a reputation as a troublemaker.

Contemporary English Version
No one but troublemakers think up trouble.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that deviseth to do evils, shall be called a fool.

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He that deviseth to do evils, shall be called a fool.

Proverbs 24:2,9 Because their mind studieth robberies, and their lips speak deceits. . . .

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Proverbs 6:14,18 To such a one his destruction shall presently come, and he shall suddenly be destroyed, and shall no longer have any remedy. . . .

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Proverbs 14:22 They err that work evil: but mercy and truth prepare good things.

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1 Kings 2:44 And the king said to Semei: Thou knowest all the evil, of which thy heart is conscious, which thou didst to David, my father: the Lord hath returned thy wickedness upon thy own head.

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Psalm 21:11 For they have intended evils against thee: they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish.

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Psalm 10:7-13 His mouth is full of cursing, and of bitterness, and of deceit: under his tongue are labor and sorrow. . . .

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Ezekiel 38:10,11 Thus saith the Lord God: In that day projects shall enter into thy heart, and thou shalt conceive a mischievous design. . . .

Nahum 1:11 Out of thee shall come forth one that imagineth evil against the Lord, contriving treachery in his mind.

Romans 1:30 Detractors, hateful to God, contumelious, proud, haughty, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Context
Do not Envy
7Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he shall not open his mouth. 8He that deviseth to do evils, shall be called a fool.9The thought of a fool is sin: and the detractor is the abomination of men.…
Cross References
Romans 1:30
Detractors, hateful to God, contumelious, proud, haughty, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Proverbs 6:14
To such a one his destruction shall presently come, and he shall suddenly be destroyed, and shall no longer have any remedy.

Proverbs 14:22
They err that work evil: but mercy and truth prepare good things.

Additional Translations
He who plots evil will be called a schemer.He that devises to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

He that deviseth to do evil, Men shall call him a mischief-maker.

but deliberate in council. Death befalls uninstructed men.

He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a master of intrigues.

He that deviseth to do evil, men shall call him a mischievous person.

He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.

Whoso is devising to do evil, Him they call a master of wicked thoughts.
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