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One who (A)deliberately thinks to do evil,
Men will call a [a]schemer.
The (B)scheming of folly is sin,
And the scoffer is an abomination to men.

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  1. Proverbs 24:8 Or deviser of evil

The one who plots evil(A)
will be called a schemer.
A foolish scheme is sin,
and a mocker is detestable to people.

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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 (A)Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the abode of the righteous;
Do not destroy his resting place;
16 For a (B)righteous man falls seven times, and rises again,
But the (C)wicked will stumble in [a]calamity.

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  1. Proverbs 24:16 Lit evil

15 Don’t set an ambush, you wicked one,
at the camp of the righteous man;(A)
don’t destroy his dwelling.
16 Though a righteous person falls seven times,
he will get up,(B)
but the wicked will stumble into ruin.(C)

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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 For (A)there will be no [a](B)future for the evil one;
The (C)lamp of the wicked will go out.

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  1. Proverbs 24:20 Lit latter end

20 For the evil have no future;(A)
the lamp of the wicked will be put out.(B)

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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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