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29 Do not plan harm against your neighbor
    who lives trustingly beside you.(A)

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29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor,
    who lives trustfully near you.(A)

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14 with perverted mind devising evil,
    continually sowing discord;(A)

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14     who plots evil(A) with deceit in his heart—
    he always stirs up conflict.(B)

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Social Evils Denounced

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)
They covet fields and seize them,
    houses and take them away;
they oppress householder and house,
    people and their inheritance.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2.1 Cn: Heb work evil

Human Plans and God’s Plans

Woe to those who plan iniquity,
    to those who plot evil(A) on their beds!(B)
At morning’s light they carry it out
    because it is in their power to do it.
They covet fields(C) and seize them,(D)
    and houses, and take them.
They defraud(E) people of their homes,
    they rob them of their inheritance.(F)

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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)

19 Give heed to me, O Lord,
    and listen to what my adversaries say!
20 Is evil a recompense for good?
    Yet they have dug a pit for my life.
Remember how I stood before you
    to speak good for them,
    to turn away your wrath from them.(B)

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  1. 18.18 Heb strike him with the tongue

18 They said, “Come, let’s make plans(A) against Jeremiah; for the teaching of the law by the priest(B) will not cease, nor will counsel from the wise,(C) nor the word from the prophets.(D) So come, let’s attack him with our tongues(E) and pay no attention to anything he says.”

19 Listen to me, Lord;
    hear what my accusers(F) are saying!
20 Should good be repaid with evil?(G)
    Yet they have dug a pit(H) for me.
Remember that I stood(I) before you
    and spoke in their behalf(J)
    to turn your wrath away from them.

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29 The violent entice their neighbors
    and lead them in a way that is not good.(A)
30 One who winks the eyes plans[a] perverse things;
    one who compresses the lips brings evil to pass.

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  1. 16.30 Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb to plan

29 A violent person entices their neighbor
    and leads them down a path that is not good.(A)

30 Whoever winks(B) with their eye is plotting perversity;
    whoever purses their lips is bent on evil.

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18 a heart that devises wicked plans,
    feet that hurry to run to evil,(A)

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18         a heart that devises wicked schemes,
        feet that are quick to rush into evil,(A)

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Even now they lie in wait for my life;
    the mighty stir up strife against me.
For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,(A)

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See how they lie in wait for me!
    Fierce men conspire(A) against me
    for no offense or sin of mine, Lord.

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20 My companion laid hands on a friend
    and violated a covenant with me[a](A)

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  1. 55.20 Heb lacks with me

20 My companion attacks his friends;(A)
    he violates his covenant.(B)

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20 For they do not speak peace,
    but they conceive deceitful words
    against those who are quiet in the land.

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20 They do not speak peaceably,
    but devise false accusations(A)
    against those who live quietly in the land.

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22 Do not those who plan evil err?
    Those who plan good find loyalty and faithfulness.

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22 Do not those who plot evil go astray?(A)
    But those who plan what is good find[a] love and faithfulness.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:22 Or show