8  Whoever ^bplans to do evil

will be called a schemer.

9  The devising¹ of folly is sin,

and the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.

15  Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous;

do no violence to his home;

16  for the righteous ^gfalls seven times and rises again,

but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.

20  for the evil man has no future;

the ^jlamp of the wicked will be put out.