Holy Scripture
Proverbs 16:29
A church father on this verse
“A wicked man coaxes his friend, etc. It can also be understood about the heretic and every doer of evil. For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul, and he who does iniquity is blessed (James I).”
Source: Septuagint
Original
29A transgressor tries to ensnare friends, And leads them in ways that are not good.
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27But the perverse bears destruction upon his own mouth: A foolish man digs up evil for himself, And treasures fire on his own lips.
28A perverse man spreads mischief, And will kindle a torch of deceit with mischiefs; and he separates friends.
— Proverbs 16:29 —
30And the man that fixes his eyes devises perverse things, And marks out with his lips all evils: He is a furnace of wickedness.
31Old age is a crown of honor, But it is found in the ways of righteousness.