35 They conceive trouble(A) and give birth to evil;(B)
    their womb fashions deceit.”

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35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

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14 Whoever is pregnant with evil
    conceives trouble and gives birth(A) to disillusionment.

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14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

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Scoundrels use wicked methods,(A)
    they make up evil schemes(B)
to destroy the poor with lies,
    even when the plea of the needy(C) is just.(D)

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The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

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11 You conceive(A) chaff,
    you give birth(B) to straw;
    your breath is a fire(C) that consumes you.

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11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.

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No one calls for justice;(A)
    no one pleads a case with integrity.
They rely(B) on empty arguments, they utter lies;(C)
    they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.(D)

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None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

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The Lord said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who are plotting evil(A) and giving wicked advice in this city.(B)

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Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:

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Human Plans and God’s Plans

Woe to those who plan iniquity,
    to those who plot evil(A) on their beds!(B)
At morning’s light they carry it out
    because it is in their power to do it.

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Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

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11 From you, Nineveh, has one come forth
    who plots evil against the Lord
    and devises wicked plans.

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11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counsellor.

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