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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One who plots to do evil
    will be called a schemer.
The schemes of folly are sin.
    The mocker is detested by men.

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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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15 Don’t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous.
    Don’t destroy his resting place;
16 for a righteous man falls seven times and rises up again;
    but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

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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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20 for there will be no reward to the evil man.
    The lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.

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