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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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Isaiah 59:4
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 59:4 · retained source text

None calleth for iustice, nor any pleadeth for trueth: they trust in vanity and speake lies; they conceiue mischiefe, and bring forth iniquitie.

1611 marginal noteIob. 15.35. psal. 7.15.

Ezekiel 7:26
Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 7:26 · retained source text

Mischiefe shall come vpon mischiefe, and rumour shall be vpon rumour, then shall they seeke a vision of the prophet: but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsell from the ancients.

Ezekiel 11:2
Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 11:2 · retained source text

Then said he vnto me; Sonne of man, these are the men that deuise mischiefe, & giue wicked counsel in this city.

Daniel 11:27
And both these kings’ hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 11:27 · retained source text

And both these kings hearts shall be to doe mischiefe, and they shall speake lies at one table: but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall bee at the time appointed.

1611 marginal noteHeb. their hearts.

Hosea 7:15
Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Hosea 7:15 · retained source text

Though I haue bound, and strengthened their armes, yet doe they imagine mischiefe against me.

1611 marginal noteOr, chastened.

Acts 13:10
And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Acts 13:10 · retained source text

And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischiefe, thou child of the deuil, thou enemie of all righteousnesse, wilt thou not cease to peruert the right wayes of the Lord?

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