For he ¹  knows deceitful ²  men; when he sees evil, will he not ³  consider it? ⁴ 

that it might seize the corners of the earth, ¹  and shake the wicked out of it?

See the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, and gives birth to harmful lies – ¹ 

The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right. ¹ 

Day and night they walk around on its walls, ¹  while wickedness and destruction ²  are within it.

Because they are bent on violence, do not let them escape! ¹  In your anger ²  bring down the nations, ³  O God!

Carrying out a wicked scheme ¹  is enjoyable ²  to a fool, and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment. ³ 

The wicked will be thrown down in his trouble, ¹  but the righteous have refuge ²  even in the threat of death. ³ 

The Righteous One ¹  considers ²  the house ³  of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin. ⁴ 

Those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead, ¹  who pull sin as with cart ropes. ² 

But Jesus realized their evil intentions and said, “Hypocrites! Why are you testing me?

but ¹  wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition ²  and do not obey the truth but follow ³  unrighteousness.

And so ¹  all of them who have not believed the truth but have delighted in evil will be condemned. ² 

There is no one greater in this household than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you because you are his wife. So how could I do ¹  such a great evil and sin against God?”

Then the king said to Shimei, “You are well aware of the way you mistreated my father David. ¹  The Lord will punish you for what you did. ² 

During the days of my fleeting life ¹  I have seen both ²  of these things: Sometimes ³  a righteous person dies prematurely ⁴  in spite of ⁵  his righteousness, and sometimes ⁶  a wicked person lives long ⁷  in spite of his evil deeds.

You ¹  build Zion through bloody crimes, ²  Jerusalem ³  through unjust violence.

and do not present your members to sin as instruments ¹  to be used for unrighteousness, ²  but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead and your members to God as instruments ³  to be used for righteousness.

For our struggle ¹  is not against flesh and blood, ²  but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, ³  against the spiritual forces ⁴  of evil in the heavens. ⁵ 

However, God’s solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” ¹  and “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord ²  must turn away from evil.”