Proverbs 24:2
2 for their hearts contemplate violence,
and their lips speak harm. ▼▼ 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).