for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak harm. ¹ 

biblegateway Pro 24:2

For their minds devise violence, And their lips talk of trouble.

for their hearts plan violence, and their words stir up trouble.

because their minds plot violence, and their lips talk trouble.

biblegateway Pro 24:2

for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about making trouble.

for their hearts devise violence, and their lips talk of trouble.

bibleoremus Pro 24:2

for their minds devise violence, and their lips talk of mischief.

for violence is all they think of, and mischief is ever on their lips.

biblegateway Pro 24:2

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

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

biblegateway Pro 24:2

for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak harm. ¹ 

¹ 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).