Proverbs 24:8-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
8 Whoever plans to do evil
will be called a mischief-maker.(A)
9 The devising of folly is sin,
and the scoffer is an abomination to all.
Proverbs 24:8-9
Common English Bible
8 Those who plot evil
will be called master schemers.
9 The scheming of fools is sin;
people detest mockers.
Proverbs 24:15-16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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)
Proverbs 24:15-16
Common English Bible
15 Wicked one, don’t wait secretly at the home of the righteous.
Don’t destroy their dwelling.
16 The righteous may fall seven times but still get up,
but the wicked will stumble into trouble.
Proverbs 24:20
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
20 for the evil have no future;
the lamp of the wicked will go out.(A)
Proverbs 24:20
Common English Bible
20 Indeed, there is no future for the evil;
the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
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