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Anyone who plans to do evil
    earns a reputation for intrigue.
The intrigues of fools are sinful,[a]
    and men find the scoffer abhorrent.
10 If you lose heart in time of adversity,
    your strength will indeed be limited.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:9 The intrigues of fools are sinful: see Prov 1:11-16; 9:13-18. Men find the scoffer abhorrent: because he is arrogant and abusive (Prov 9:7), and a fomenter of strife (Prov 22:10). See also note on Prov 1:22.