Proverbs 24:2

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

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

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

For they spend their days plotting violence, and their words are always stirring up trouble.

All they think about is causing a disturbance; all they talk about is making trouble.

For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.

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

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

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).