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Whoever makes evil plans
    will be ·known as [called] a ·troublemaker [master schemer].
·Making foolish plans [Scheming] is sinful,
    and ·making fun of wisdom is hateful [or people despise mockers].

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He who plans to do evil
Will be called a schemer or deviser of evil.

The devising of folly is sin,
And the scoffer is repulsive to men.

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Saying 24

Whoever plots evil
    will be known as a schemer.
The schemes of folly are sin,
    and people detest a mocker.

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15 Don’t be wicked and ·attack [ambush; lie in wait at] a ·good [righteous] family’s house;
    don’t ·rob [or destroy] the place where they live.
16 Even though ·good [righteous] people may ·be bothered by trouble [L fall] seven times, they ·are never defeated [L get back up],
    but the wicked ·are overwhelmed by [stumble into] trouble.

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15 
Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;
Do not destroy his resting place;
16 
For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again,
But the wicked stumble in time of disaster and collapse.(A)

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Saying 27

15 Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous,
    do not plunder their dwelling place;
16 for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again,
    but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.(A)

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20 An evil person has ·nothing to hope for [L no future];
    the lamp of the wicked will be ·put out [extinguished].

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20 
For there will be no future for the evil man;
The lamp of the wicked will be put out.

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20 for the evildoer has no future hope,
    and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.(A)

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