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Whoever plans to do evil
    will be called a mischief-maker.(A)
The devising of folly is sin,
    and the scoffer is an abomination to all.

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Whoever (A)plans to do evil
    will be called a schemer.
(B)The devising[a] of folly is sin,
    and (C)the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:9 Or scheming

15 Do not lie in wait like an outlaw against the home of the righteous;
    do no violence to the place where the righteous live;(A)
16 for though they fall seven times, they will rise again,
    but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.(B)

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15 (A)Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous;
    do no violence to his home;
16 (B)for the righteous falls (C)seven times and rises again,
    but (D)the wicked stumble in times of calamity.

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20 for the evil have no future;
    the lamp of the wicked will go out.(A)

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20 for the evil man has no (A)future;
    (B)the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

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