Then I sent to him, saying, “No such things as you say have been done, for you are inventing them out of your own mind.”
Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.
As for you, you whitewash with lies; worthless physicians are you all.
But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar's tribunal, where I ought to be tried. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you yourself know very well.
When he had arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious charges against him that they could not prove.
and they did not find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues or in the city. Neither can they prove to you what they now bring up against me.
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
And as for the two kings, their hearts shall be bent on doing evil. They shall speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for the end is yet to be at the time appointed.
No one enters suit justly; no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long.
The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.
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