Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

General references

Proverbs 24:2
For their heart studies robbery, and their lips speak evil.
Proverbs 6:14
there is perversion in his heart; he devises evil continually; he sows discord.
Proverbs 14:22
Do they not err that meditate upon evil? but those that meditate upon good shall attain mercy and truth.
1 Kings 2:44
The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart knoweth well that thou didst to David my father; therefore, the LORD has turned thy wickedness upon thine own head;
Psalm 21:11
For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a wicked device, but they did not prevail.
Isaiah 10:7
Howbeit he shall not think like this; not even in his heart shall he imagine this way of doing things, but his thought shall be to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
Isaiah 32:7
Certainly the greedy use evil measures: he devises wicked devices to ensnare the simple with lying words and to speak in judgment against the poor.
Ezekiel 38:10
Thus hath the Lord GOD said: It shall also come to pass in that day, that words shall rise up in thy heart, and thou shalt conceive an evil thought:
Nahum 1:11
He has come out of thee that has imagined evil against the LORD, a counsellor of Belial.
Romans 1:30
backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,