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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 Twenty-Four

He who devises to do evil
    will be called a schemer of plots.
The thought of foolishness is sin,
    and the scorner is an abomination to men.

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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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Saying Twenty-Seven

15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;
    do not spoil his resting place;
16 for a just man falls seven times and rises up again,
    but the wicked will fall into mischief.

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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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20 for there will be no reward to the evil man;
    the candle of the wicked will be put out.

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