For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, {which} they are not able {to perform}.

Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth {shall be} to them that devise good.

Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Frowardness {is} in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. {soweth: Heb. casteth forth}

Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, {that} at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: {think...: or, conceive a mischievous purpose}

An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;

Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but {it is} in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

There is {one} come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor. {a wicked...: Heb. a counsellor of Belial}

The thought of foolishness {is} sin: and the scorner {is} an abomination to men.

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. {the needy...: or, he speaketh against the poor in judgment}

An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

The thought of foolishness {is} sin: and the scorner {is} an abomination to men.

For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.