He who (A)plots to do evil
Will be called a [a]schemer.
The devising of foolishness is sin,
And the scoffer is an abomination to men.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:8 Lit. master of evil plots

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 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;
Do not plunder his resting place;
16 (A)For a righteous man may fall seven times
And rise again,
(B)But the wicked shall fall by calamity.

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

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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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