Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully; with his mouth each speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he plans an ambush for him.
And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad.
whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.
he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
Do not drag me off with the wicked, with the workers of evil, who speak peace with their neighbors while evil is in their hearts.
For we never came with words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness.
To the choirmaster. A Maskil of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day. Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit. You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.
For there shall be no more any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.
Oh that I had in the desert a travelers' lodging place, that I might leave my people and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, a company of treacherous men. 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. Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer. Everyone deceives his neighbor, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves committing iniquity. Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.
Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, 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
His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
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,
The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good. He plots trouble while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject evil.
Of Zebulun 50,000 seasoned troops, equipped for battle with all the weapons of war, to help David with singleness of purpose.
Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long.
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