Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.

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.

For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. {stalk: or, standing corn}

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

He that passeth by, {and} meddleth with strife {belonging} not to him, {is like} one that taketh a dog by the ears. {meddleth: or, is enraged}

Who rejoice to do evil, {and} delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way {that is} not good; he abhorreth not evil. {mischief: or, vanity}

A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. {soweth: Heb. sendeth forth}

Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. {Devise...: or, Practise no evil}

But the wicked {are} like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

The way of man {is} froward and strange: but {as for} the pure, his work {is} right.

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}

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

He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. {the rod...: or, with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed}

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

A false witness {that} speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

[To the chief Musician, Maschil, {A Psalm} of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.] Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God {endureth} continually. {Maschil: or, of instruction}

Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. {Devise...: or, Practise no evil}

An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips {there is} as a burning fire. {An...: Heb. A man of Belial}

They that are of a froward heart {are} abomination to the LORD: but {such as are} upright in {their} way {are} his delight.

A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. {soweth: Heb. sendeth 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}

He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these {are things} that I hate, saith the LORD.

And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

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

A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this {man} seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not. {I denied...: Heb. I kept not back from him}