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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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He who plans to do evil for[a] himself,
    they will call him “master[b] of mischief.”
Devising folly is a sin,
    and an abomination to humankind is a scoffer.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:8 Or “to”
  2. Proverbs 24:8 Or “owner”

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 Do not lie in wait like an outlaw against the home of the righteous;
    do not do violence to his dwelling place.
16 For seven times the righteous will fall, but he will rise,
    but the wicked will be overthrown by 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 there will not be a future for the evil;
    the lamp of the wicked will die out.

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