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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)

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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.

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Final Instructions

17 I urge you, brothers and sisters, to keep an eye on those who create dissensions and hindrances, in opposition to the teaching that you have learned; avoid them.(A)

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17 I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned.(A) Keep away from them.(B)

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For they sow the wind,
    and they shall reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no heads;
    it shall yield no meal;
if it were to yield,
    foreigners would devour it.(A)

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“They sow the wind
    and reap the whirlwind.(A)
The stalk has no head;
    it will produce no flour.(B)
Were it to yield grain,
    foreigners would swallow it up.(C)

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18 a heart that devises wicked plans,
    feet that hurry to run to evil,(A)
19 a lying witness who testifies falsely,
    and one who sows discord in a family.(B)

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18         a heart that devises wicked schemes,
        feet that are quick to rush into evil,(A)
19         a false witness(B) who pours out lies(C)
        and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.(D)

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17 Like someone who takes a passing dog by the ears
    is one who meddles in the quarrel of another.(A)
18 Like a maniac who shoots deadly firebrands and arrows,(B)
19 so is one who deceives a neighbor
    and says, “I am only joking!”(C)
20 For lack of wood the fire goes out,
    and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.(D)
21 As charcoal is to hot embers and wood to fire,
    so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.(E)
22 The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
    they go down into the inner parts of the body.(F)

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17 Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears
    is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.

18 Like a maniac shooting
    flaming arrows of death
19 is one who deceives their neighbor
    and says, “I was only joking!”

20 Without wood a fire goes out;
    without a gossip a quarrel dies down.(A)
21 As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,
    so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.(B)
22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
    they go down to the inmost parts.(C)

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Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow.(A) If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh, but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit.(B)

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Do not be deceived:(A) God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.(B) Whoever sows to please their flesh,(C) from the flesh will reap destruction;(D) whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.(E)

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He said to me, “Mortal, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city;(A)

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The Lord said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who are plotting evil(A) and giving wicked advice in this city.(B)

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20 But the wicked are like the tossing sea
    that cannot keep still;
    its waters toss up mire and mud.(A)

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20 But the wicked(A) are like the tossing sea,(B)
    which cannot rest,
    whose waves cast up mire(C) and mud.

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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)

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Scoundrels use wicked methods,(A)
    they make up evil schemes(B)
to destroy the poor with lies,
    even when the plea of the needy(C) is just.(D)

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Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity,
    and the rod of anger will fail.(A)

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Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,(A)
    and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.(B)

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The way of the guilty is crooked,
    but the conduct of the pure is right.

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The way of the guilty is devious,(A)
    but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

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28 A perverse person spreads strife,
    and a whisperer separates close friends.(A)
29 The violent entice their neighbors
    and lead them in a way that is not good.(B)
30 One who winks the eyes plans[a] perverse things;
    one who compresses the lips brings evil to pass.

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Footnotes

  1. 16.30 Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb to plan

28 A perverse person stirs up conflict,(A)
    and a gossip separates close friends.(B)

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

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

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