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mischief

Meaning of “mischief”

Harm, hurt, injury, damage, or evil.

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47 occurrences46 verses16 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 42:4

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Psalms 28:3
Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 28:3 · retained source text

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquitie: which speake peace to their neighbors, but mischiefe is in their hearts.

1611 marginal notePsal. 12.3. iere 9.8.

Psalms 36:4
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 36:4 · retained source text

Hee deuiseth mischiefe vpon his bed, he setteth himselfe in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not euill.

1611 marginal noteOr, vanitie

Psalms 55:10
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 55:10 · retained source text

Day and night they goe about it vpon the walles thereof: mischiefe also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

Psalms 62:3
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 62:3 · retained source text

How long wil ye imagine mischiefe against a man? ye shall be slaine all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

Psalms 94:20
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 94:20 · retained source text

Shal the throne of iniquitie haue fellowship with thee: which frameth mischiefe by a lawe?

Psalms 119:150
They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
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1611 witness · Psalms 119:150 · retained source text

They draw nigh that follow after mischiefe: they are farre from thy Law.

Psalms 140:9
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 140:9 · retained source text

As for the head of those that compasse me about: let the mischiefe of their owne lips couer them.

Proverbs 4:16
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 4:16 · retained source text

For they sleepe not except they haue done mischiefe: and their sleepe is taken away vnlesse they cause some to fall.

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