Micah 2:1
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Social Evils Denounced
2 Woe to those who devise wickedness
and evil deeds[a] on their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
because it is in their power.(A)
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- 2.1 Cn: Heb work evil
Micah 2:1
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Human Plans and God’s Plans
Psalm 36:4
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4 They plot mischief while on their beds;
they are set on a way that is not good;
they do not reject evil.(A)
Psalm 36:4
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Isaiah 32:7
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7 The villainies of villains are evil;
they devise wicked devices
to ruin the poor with lying words,
even when the plea of the needy is right.(A)
Isaiah 32:7
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Nahum 1:11
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11 From you one has gone out
who plots evil against the Lord,
one who counsels wickedness.(A)
Nahum 1:11
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11 From you, Nineveh, has one come forth
who plots evil against the Lord
and devises wicked plans.
Hosea 7:6-7
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6 For they are kindled[a] like an oven; their heart burns within them;
all night their anger smolders;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7 All of them are hot as an oven,
and they devour their rulers.
All their kings have fallen;
none of them calls upon me.(A)
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- 7.6 Gk Syr: Heb brought near
Hosea 7:6-7
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Psalm 7:14-16
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14 See how they conceive evil
and are pregnant with mischief
and bring forth lies.(A)
15 They make a pit, digging it out,
and fall into the hole that they have made.(B)
16 Their mischief returns upon their own heads,
and on their own heads their violence descends.(C)
Psalm 7:14-16
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Proverbs 6:12-19
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12 A scoundrel and a villain
goes around with crooked speech,(A)
13 winking the eyes, shuffling the feet,
pointing the fingers,(B)
14 with perverted mind devising evil,
continually sowing discord;(C)
15 on such a one calamity will descend suddenly,
in a moment, damage beyond repair.(D)
16 There are six things that the Lord hates,
seven that are an abomination to him:
17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,(E)
18 a heart that devises wicked plans,
feet that hurry to run to evil,(F)
19 a lying witness who testifies falsely,
and one who sows discord in a family.(G)
Proverbs 6:12-19
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12 A troublemaker and a villain,
who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
13 who winks maliciously with his eye,(A)
signals with his feet
and motions with his fingers,(B)
14 who plots evil(C) with deceit in his heart—
he always stirs up conflict.(D)
15 Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant;(E)
he will suddenly(F) be destroyed—without remedy.(G)
16 There are six things the Lord hates,(H)
seven that are detestable to him:
17 haughty eyes,(I)
a lying tongue,(J)
hands that shed innocent blood,(K)
18 a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,(L)
19 a false witness(M) who pours out lies(N)
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.(O)
Genesis 31:29
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29 It is in my power to do you harm, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Take heed that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.’(A)
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Genesis 31:29
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29 I have the power to harm you;(A) but last night the God of your father(B) said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’(C)
Romans 1:30
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30 slanderers, God-haters,[a] insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, rebellious toward parents,(A)
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- 1.30 Or God-hated
Romans 1:30
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30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;(A)
Jeremiah 18:18
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A Plot against Jeremiah
18 Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for instruction shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us bring charges against him,[a] and let us not heed any of his words.”(A)
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- 18.18 Heb strike him with the tongue
Jeremiah 18:18
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Isaiah 59:3
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3 For your hands are defiled with blood
and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies;
your tongue mutters wickedness.(A)
Isaiah 59:3
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Proverbs 4:16
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16 For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;
they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.(A)
Proverbs 4:16
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16 For they cannot rest until they do evil;(A)
they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
Proverbs 3:27
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- 3.27 Heb from its owners
Proverbs 3:27
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27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
when it is in your power to act.
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