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for their hearts contemplate violence,
and their lips speak harm.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 24:2 sn This nineteenth saying warns against evil associations. Evil people are obsessed with destruction and trouble. See on this theme 1:10-19; 3:31 and 23:17. D. Kidner observes that a close view of sinners is often a good antidote to envying them (Proverbs [TOTC], 153).

for their hearts plot violence,(A)
    and their lips talk about making trouble.(B)

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

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For their heart devises violence,
And their lips talk of troublemaking.

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