Proverbs 6:14 (BSB)
With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
From Proverbs 6. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Proverbs 6:14
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 6:12-19: Solomon here gives us, I. The characters of one that is mischievous to man and dangerous to be dealt with. If the slothful are to be condemned, that do nothing, much more those that do ill, and contrive to do all the ill they can. It is a naughty person that is here spoken of, Heb.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 6:14: Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly,.... Unthought of and unexpected: he that deviseth mischief to others secretly shall have no warning of his own ruin, nor time and means of preventing it; the destruction of antichrist will be sudden, and of all wicked men at the coming of Christ, Th1 5:3; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy; or, "and there shall be no healing"...
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 6:14: Frowardness--as in Pro 2:14. deviseth--literally, "constructs, as an artisan." mischief--evil to others. discord--especially litigation. Cunning is the talent of the weak and lazy.
- Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 6:12-15: Pro 6:12-15 There follows now a third brief series of instructions, which run to a conclusion with a deterring prospect similar to the foregoing. 12 A worthless man, a wicked man, Is he who practiseth falsehood with his mouth; 13 Who winketh with his eyes, scrapeth with his foot, Pointeth with his fingers. 14 Malice is in his heart, He deviseth evil at all times, He spreadeth strife.