Do not plan evil against your neighbor, who dwells trustingly beside you.
with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord;
Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand. They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them away; they oppress a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.
Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.” Hear me, O Lord, and listen to the voice of my adversaries. Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for my life. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
A man of violence entices his neighbor and leads him in a way that is not good. Whoever winks his eyes plans dishonest things; he who purses his lips brings evil to pass.
a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,
For behold, they lie in wait for my life; fierce men stir up strife against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,
My companion stretched out his hand against his friends; he violated his covenant.
For they do not speak peace, but against those who are quiet in the land they devise words of deceit.
Do they not go astray who devise evil? Those who devise good meet steadfast love and faithfulness.
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