(A)The devising[a] of folly is sin,
    and (B)the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:9 Or scheming

The schemes of folly are sin,
    and people detest a mocker.

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19 For out of the heart come (A)evil thoughts, (B)murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, (C)slander.

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19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.(A)

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We destroy arguments and (A)every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to (B)obey Christ,

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We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God,(A) and we take captive every thought to make it obedient(B) to Christ.

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let the wicked forsake his way,
    and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
    and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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Let the wicked forsake(A) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.(B)
Let them turn(C) to the Lord, and he will have mercy(D) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.(E)

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22 Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, (A)if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.

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22 Repent(A) of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart.

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But Jesus, (A)knowing[a] their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?

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  1. Matthew 9:4 Some manuscripts perceiving

Knowing their thoughts,(A) Jesus said, “Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts?

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(A)Scoffers set a city aflame,
    but the wise turn away wrath.

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Mockers stir up a city,
    but the wise turn away anger.(A)

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Whoever (A)plans to do evil
    will be called a schemer.

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Saying 24

Whoever plots evil
    will be known as a schemer.

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28 But I say to you that (A)everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.(A)

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14 O Jerusalem, (A)wash your heart from evil,
    that you may be saved.
How long shall your wicked thoughts
    lodge within you?

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14 Jerusalem, wash(A) the evil from your heart and be saved.(B)
    How long(C) will you harbor wicked thoughts?

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(A)The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every (B)intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth,(A) and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.(B)

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for he is like one who is inwardly calculating.[a]
    “Eat and drink!” he says to you,
    but his (A)heart is not with you.

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  1. Proverbs 23:7 Or for as he calculates in his soul, so is he

for he is the kind of person
    who is always thinking about the cost.[a]
“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
    but his heart is not with you.

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  1. Proverbs 23:7 Or for as he thinks within himself, / so he is; or for as he puts on a feast, / so he is

10 (A)Drive out a scoffer, (B)and strife will go out,
    and (C)quarreling and abuse will cease.

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10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;
    quarrels and insults are ended.(A)

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