¹⁷ do not plot evil^(A) against each other, and do not love to swear falsely.^(B) I hate all this,” declares the Lord.

¹⁰ Do not oppress the widow^(A) or the fatherless, the foreigner^(B) or the poor.^(C) Do not plot evil against each other.’^(D)

⁵ “So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers,^(A) adulterers^(B) and perjurers,^(C) against those who defraud laborers of their wages,^(D) who oppress the widows^(E) and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners^(F) among you of justice, but do not fear^(G) me,” says the Lord Almighty.

¹⁹ For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.^(A)

³⁵ A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.

Human Plans and God’s Plans

³ Therefore, the Lord says:

⁴ Again and again^(A) I sent my servants the prophets,^(B) who said, ‘Do not do this detestable^(C) thing that I hate!’