He who plots to do evil Is called a master of evil plots.
The sovereign also said to Shimʽ
For they held out evil against You; They devised a plot; they do not prevail.
Do not those who plan evil go astray? But kindness and truth are to those who plan good.
For their heart plots to ravage, And their lips talk of trouble.
The purpose of folly is sin, And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
Perverseness is in his heart, Plotting evil at all times, He sends out strife.
A heart devising wicked schemes, Feet quick to run to evil,
And the methods of the scoundrel are evil – he has devised wicked plans to destroy the poor with words of falsehood, even when the needy pleads for right-ruling.
From you came forth one who plots evil against יהוה, a counsellor of Beliyaʽ
slanderers, haters of Elohim, insolent, proud, boasters, devisers of evils, disobedient to parents,