His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies.
“Though evil is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue,
And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell. For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!
They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah
They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression.
who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,
For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride. For the cursing and lies that they utter,
You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.
The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.
“Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of asps is under their lips.” “Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.
They bend their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, declares the Lord.
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.
Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
They only plan to thrust him down from his high position. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. Selah
The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad.
Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.
They conceive trouble and give birth to evil, and their womb prepares deceit.”
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