Text -- Proverbs 24:8 (NET)

24:8 The one who plans to do evil will be called a scheming person.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 24:8

¹ tn Heb “possessor of schemes”; NAB “an intriguer.” The picture of the wicked person is graphic: He devises plans to do evil and is known as a schemer. Elsewhere the “schemes” are outrageous and lewd (e.g., Lev 18:7; Judg 20:6). Here the description portrays him as a cold, calculating, active person: “the fool is capable of intense mental activity but it adds up to sin” (W. McKane, Proverbs [OTL], 399).