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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The person who plans on doing evil
    will be called a schemer.
To devise folly is sin,
    and people detest a scoffer.

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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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15 Don’t lie in wait like an outlaw
    to attack where the righteous live;
16 for though a righteous man falls seven times,
    he will rise again,
        but the wicked stumble into calamity.

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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 wicked man has no future;
    the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

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