Proverbs 3:29
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29 Do not plan harm against your neighbor
who lives trustingly beside you.(A)
Proverbs 6:14
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14 with perverted mind devising evil,
continually sowing discord;(A)
Micah 2:1-2
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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)
2 They covet fields and seize them,
houses and take them away;
they oppress householder and house,
people and their inheritance.(B)
Footnotes
- 2.1 Cn: Heb work evil
Jeremiah 18:18-20
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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)
Footnotes
- 18.18 Heb strike him with the tongue
Proverbs 16:29-30
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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.
Footnotes
- 16.30 Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb to plan
Proverbs 6:18
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18 a heart that devises wicked plans,
feet that hurry to run to evil,(A)
Psalm 59:3
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3 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)
Psalm 55:20
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Footnotes
- 55.20 Heb lacks with me
Psalm 35:20
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20 For they do not speak peace,
but they conceive deceitful words
against those who are quiet in the land.
Proverbs 14:22
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22 Do not those who plan evil err?
Those who plan good find loyalty and faithfulness.
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