His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts— the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil, but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
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.
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,
Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor. So they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and show no partiality, but truly teach the way of God.
Judas, who would betray him, answered, “Is it I, Rabbi?” He said to him, “You have said so.”
Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart; when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart; though his hatred be covered with deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
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
During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,
There they are, bellowing with their mouths with swords in their lips— for “Who,” they think, “will hear us?”
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