Wicked and deceitful people have opened their mouths against me. They speak against me with lying tongues.
I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I’ve done nothing to deserve being put in this prison.”
Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose 12,000 men and leave tonight to go after David.
They make their tongues as sharp as a snake’s ⌞fang⌟. Their lips hide the venom of poisonous snakes. Selah
I have heard the whispering of many people— terror on every side— while they made plans together against me. They were plotting to take my life.
Let ⌞their⌟ lying lips be speechless, since they speak against righteous people with arrogance and contempt.
You love every destructive accusation, you deceitful tongue!
The word of truth lasts forever, but lies last only a moment.
The heart of a righteous person carefully considers how to answer, but the mouths of wicked people pour out a flood of evil things.
arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill innocent people,
They use their tongues like bows that shoot arrows. Lies and dishonesty rule the land. They go from one evil thing to another, and they don’t know me,” declares the Lord.
Everyone cheats his neighbor. No one speaks the truth. My people train their tongues to speak lies. They wear themselves out doing wrong.
Some witnesses stood up and lied about Stephen. They said, “This man never stops saying bad things about the holy place and Moses’ Teachings.