Proverbs 6:14
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With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
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Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.
Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.
He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.
The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.