who plots evil with deceit in his heart— he always stirs up conflict.
who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.
They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s; the poison of vipers is on their lips.
Even on their beds they plot evil; they commit themselves to a sinful course and do not reject what is wrong.
Do not those who plot evil go astray? But those who plan what is good find love and faithfulness.
A scoundrel plots evil, and on their lips it is like a scorching fire.
One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper; one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.
who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity, and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.
Whoever plots evil will be known as a schemer.
Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you.
For the Lord detests the perverse but takes the upright into his confidence.
Scoundrels use wicked methods, they make up evil schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud.
The Lord said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who are plotting evil and giving wicked advice in this city.
“They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no head; it will produce no flour. Were it to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it up.
Woe to those who plan iniquity, to those who plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they carry it out because it is in their power to do it.
I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.