One who (A)plans to do evil,
People will call a [a]schemer.
The (B)devising of foolishness is sin,
And the scoffer is an abomination to humanity.

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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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15 (A)Do not lie in ambush, you wicked person, against the home of the righteous;
Do not destroy his resting place;
16 For a (B)righteous person falls seven times and rises again,
But the (C)wicked stumble in time of disaster.

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

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Footnotes

  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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