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Louis Segond 1910
La tromperie est dans le coeur de ceux qui méditent le mal, Mais la joie est pour ceux qui conseillent la paix.
KJV
Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy.
Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy.
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act of reason. Therefore guile does not pertain to craftiness. Objection 3: Further, it is written ( Prov. 12:20 ): "Guile [Douay: 'Deceit'] is in the heart of them that think evil things." But the thought of evil things does not always pertain to craftiness. Therefore guile does…
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