Proverbs

¹²Some people are just troublemakers. They are always thinking up some crooked plan and telling lies. ¹³They use secret signals to cheat people; they wink their eyes, shuffle their feet, and point a finger. ¹⁴They are always planning to do something bad. ¹⁵But they will be punished. Disaster will strike, and they will be destroyed. There will be no one to help them. ¹⁶The Lord hates these seven things: ¹⁷eyes that show pride, tongues that tell lies, hands that kill innocent people, ¹⁸hearts that plan evil things to do, feet that run to do evil,