¹⁴ with ^(A)perverted heart ^(B)devises evil,
    continually ^(C)sowing discord;

2 ^(A)Woe to those who devise wickedness
    and work evil ^(B)on their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
    because it is in the power of their hand.

^18 (A)a heart that devises wicked plans,
    ^(B)feet that make haste to run to evil,
^19 (C)a false witness who ^(D)breathes out lies,
    and one who ^(E)sows discord among brothers.

¹⁷ Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own
    is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.
¹⁸ Like a madman who throws ^(A)firebrands, arrows, and death
¹⁹ is the man who deceives his neighbor
    and says, “I am only joking!”
²⁰ For lack of wood the fire goes out,
    and where there is no ^(B)whisperer, ^(C)quarreling ceases.
²¹ As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
    so is ^(D)a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
^22 (E)The words of ^(F)a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
    they go down into the inner parts of the body.

^20 (A)But the wicked are like the tossing sea;
    for it cannot be quiet,
    and its waters toss up mire and dirt.