He (A)plans wickedness on his bed;
He sets himself on a (B)path that is not good;
He (C)does not reject evil.

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Even on their beds they plot evil;(A)
    they commit themselves to a sinful course(B)
    and do not reject what is wrong.(C)

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29 (A)Do not devise harm against your neighbor,
While he lives securely beside you.

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29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor,
    who lives trustfully near you.(A)

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A (A)good person will obtain favor from the Lord,
But He will condemn a person [a]who devises evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:2 Lit of evil devices

Good people obtain favor from the Lord,(A)
    but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.(B)

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Woe to Oppressors

Woe to those who (A)devise wrongdoing,
Who practice evil on their beds!
[a](B)When morning comes, they do it,
Because it is in the (C)power of their hands.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 2:1 Lit In the light of the morning

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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