Who [with] perversityin his heartcontinuallydevisesevil,Who spreadsstrife.
Whodeviseevilthingsin [their] hearts;They continuallystirup wars.
They sharpentheir tonguesas a serpent;Poisonof a viperis undertheir lips.Selah.
He planswickednessupon his bed;He setshimself on a paththat is not good;He does not despiseevil.
Will they not goastraywho deviseevil?But kindnessand truth[will be to] those who devisegood.
A worthlessmandigsup evil,Whilehis wordsare like scorchingfire.
He whohasa crookedmindfindsnogood,And he who is pervertedin his languagefallsinto evil.
Whodelightin doingevilAnd rejoicein the perversityof evil;
The wayof a guiltymanis crooked,But as for the pure,his conductis upright.
He who sowsiniquitywill reapvanity,And the rodof his furywill perish.
One who plansto doevil,Men will calla schemer.
Do not deviseharmagainstyour neighbor,While he livessecurelybesideyou.
For the deviousare an abominationto the LORD;But He is intimatewith the upright.
As for a rogue,his weaponsare evil;He deviseswickedschemesTo destroy[the] afflictedwith slander,Even though [the] needyonespeakswhatis right.
But the wickedare like the tossingsea,For it cannotbe quiet,And its waterstossup refuseand mud.
He saidto me, "Sonof man,theseare the menwho deviseiniquityand giveeviladvicein thiscity,
For they sowthe windAnd they reapthe whirlwind.The standinggrainhasnoheads;It yieldsnograin.Shouldit yield,strangerswould swallowit up.
Woeto those who schemeiniquity,Who workout evilon their beds!When morningcomes, they doit, For it is in the powerof their hands.
NowI urgeyou, brethren,keep your eyeon thosewho causedissensionsand hindrancescontraryto the teachingwhichyou learned,and turn awayfrom them.
