He that deviseth to do evil,\par\tab Men shall call him a mischief-maker.
For they intended evil against thee;\par\tab They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.
backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Do they not err that devise evil?\par\tab But mercy and truth {\i shall be to} them that devise good.
A heart that deviseth wicked purposes,\par\tab Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
In whose heart is perverseness,\par\tab Who deviseth evil continually,\par\tab Who soweth discord.
There is one gone forth out of thee, that deviseth evil against Jehovah, that counselleth wickedness.
And the instruments of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
The thought of foolishness is sin;\par\tab And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
For their heart studieth oppression,\par\tab And their lips talk of mischief.
The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore Jehovah shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head.