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

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18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

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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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And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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16 for their feet rush into evil,(A)
    they are swift to shed blood.(B)

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16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

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15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;

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15 Their feet are swift to shed blood:

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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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14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

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Their feet rush into sin;
    they are swift to shed innocent blood.(A)
They pursue evil schemes;(B)
    acts of violence mark their ways.(C)

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Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

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17 do not plot evil(A) against each other, and do not love to swear falsely.(B) I hate all this,” declares the Lord.

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17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the Lord.

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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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Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

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Saying 24

Whoever plots evil
    will be known as a schemer.

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He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

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Even on their beds they plot evil;(A)
    they commit themselves to a sinful course(B)
    and do not reject what is wrong.(C)

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He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

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