14 Behold, an evil person is pregnant with injustice,
And he (A)conceives harm and gives birth to lies.

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14 Whoever is pregnant with evil
    conceives trouble and gives birth(A) to disillusionment.

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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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Your tongue devises (A)destruction,
Like a (B)sharp razor, (C)you worker of deceit.

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You who practice deceit,(A)
    your tongue plots destruction;(B)
    it is like a sharpened razor.(C)

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14 Who, with (A)perversion in his heart, continually (B)devises evil,
Who [a](C)spreads strife.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:14 Lit sends out

14     who plots evil(A) with deceit in his heart—
    he always stirs up conflict.(B)

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(A)No one sues righteously and (B)no one pleads [a]honestly.
They (C)trust in confusion and speak lies;
They (D)conceive trouble and give birth to disaster.

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  1. Isaiah 59:4 Lit in truth

No one calls for justice;(A)
    no one pleads a case with integrity.
They rely(B) on empty arguments, they utter lies;(C)
    they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.(D)

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15 Although I trained and strengthened their arms,
Yet they (A)devise evil against Me.

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15 I trained(A) them and strengthened their arms,
    but they plot evil(B) against me.

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