8He who plots evil will be called a schemer.
9A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 24:8-9
Wisdom Builds the House: Justice, Courage, Diligence, Enemies, and the Future of the Righteous
The chapter moves from warnings against envying the wicked, to wisdom as constructive strength, to courageous rescue, to future hope, to restraint toward enemies, to public justice and honest speech, and finally to ordered labor and the severe warning of the sluggard's ruined field.
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Verse 8
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He who plotsמְחַשֵּׁ֥בH2803Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singularevilלְהָרֵ֑עַH7489Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive constructwill be calledיִקְרָֽאוּ׃H7121Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plurala schemerבַּֽעַל־H1167Noun - masculine singular construct. . .מְזִמּ֥וֹתH4209Noun - feminine plural
Verse 9
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A foolishאִוֶּ֣לֶתH200Noun - feminine singularschemeזִמַּ֣תH2154Noun - feminine singular constructis sinחַטָּ֑אתH2403Noun - feminine singularand a mockerלֵֽץ׃H3887Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularis detestableוְתוֹעֲבַ֖תH8441Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular constructto menלְאָדָ֣םH120Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular