Proverbs 24:8
He who plots evil will be called a schemer.
BSB
ASV
He that deviseth to do evil, Men shall call him a mischief-maker.
KJV
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person To do evil is natural to men, all are prone to it; being conceived and born in sin, and, from the womb, more or less commit it: but for a man to sit down and contrive evil, as some men are inventors of evil things; contrive new sins, or at least new methods of sinning, such as new oaths, new games, new ways of tricking and deceiving men; and are always studying and devising ways and means of committing sin, and doing that which is evil in the sight of God and men.
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Psalms 21:11Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
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In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
And the LORD informed me, so I knew. Then You showed me their deeds.
For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
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Proverbs 6:18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
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Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.