Proverbs 24:9

Learning From Your Father

⁸ The one who plots evil
will be called a schemer.
⁹ A foolish scheme is sin,
and a mocker is detestable to people. ¹⁰ If you do nothing in a difficult time,
your strength is limited.

Sin

Matthew 15:19

For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

Acts 8:22

Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.

Genesis 6:5

When the Lord saw that man’s wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every scheme his mind thought of was nothing but evil all the time,

Genesis 8:21

When the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, He said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, even though man’s inclination is evil from his youth. And I will never again strike down every living thing as I have done.

Psalm 119:113

ס SamekI hate those who are double-minded,
but I love Your instruction.

Proverbs 22:10

Drive out a mocker, and conflict goes too;
then quarreling and dishonor will cease.

Proverbs 23:7

for it’s like someone calculating inwardly.
“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.

Proverbs 24:8

The one who plots evil
will be called a schemer.

Proverbs 29:8

Mockers inflame a city,
but the wise turn away anger.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked one abandon his way
and the sinful one his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord,
so He may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for He will freely forgive.

Jeremiah 4:14

Wash the evil from your heart, Jerusalem,
so that you will be delivered.
How long will you harbor
malicious thoughts within you?

Matthew 5:28

But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Matthew 9:4

But perceiving their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why are you thinking evil things in your hearts?

2 Corinthians 10:5

and every high-minded thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive to obey Christ.