whose mouths speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Avram said to the king of Sedom, *I have lifted up my hand to the LORD, El `Elyon, possessor of heaven and earth,
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.
The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can't deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehinnom.
For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live forever,