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Mischief [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Harm; hurt; injury; damage; evil, whether intended or not. A new law is made to remedy the mischief

2. Intentional injury; harm or damage done by design.

3. Thy tongue deviseth mischief Psalms 52:1 .

4. Ill consequence; evil; vexatious affair.

5. The mischief was, these allies would never allow that the common enemy was subdued.

Mischief [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To hurt; to harm; to injure.

Mischief [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil caused by thoughtlessness, or in sport.

2. Cause of trouble or vexation; trouble.

Mischief [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To do harm to.

Mischief-maker [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who makes mischief; one who excites or instigates quarrels or enmity.

Mischief-maker [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who makes mischief; one who excites or instigates quarrels or enmity.

Mischief-making [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Causing harm; exciting enmity or quarrels.

Mischief-making [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Causing harm; exciting enmity or quarrels.

Mischief-making [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act or practice of making mischief, inciting quarrels, etc.

Mischiefable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mischievous.

Mischiefful [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mischievous.

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Genesis 42:4

But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”

Genesis 42:38

And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”

Genesis 44:29

And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’

Exodus 21:22

If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.

Exodus 21:23

And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life—

Exodus 32:12

Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people.

Exodus 32:22

And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.

“Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.

Deuteronomy 32:23

I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.

I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.

1 Samuel 23:9

And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.

When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”

2 Samuel 16:8

The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.

The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”

1 Kings 11:25

And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.

Rezon was Israel’s enemy throughout the days of Solomon, adding to the trouble caused by Hadad. So Rezon ruled over Aram with hostility toward Israel.

1 Kings 20:7

Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.

Then the king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said, “Please take note and see that this man is looking for trouble, for when he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, I did not deny him.”

2 Kings 7:9

Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.

Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.”

Nehemiah 6:2

That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me.

Esther 8:3

And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

And once again, Esther addressed the king. She fell at his feet weeping and begged him to revoke the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews.

Job 15:35

They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”

Psalms 7:14

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

Psalms 7:16

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.

Psalms 10:7

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.

Psalms 10:14

Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.