Listen to their threats and insults. They say such cruel things, and they don’t care who hears them.
My life is in danger. My enemies are all around me. They are like man-eating lions, with teeth like spears or arrows and tongues like sharp swords.
Listening to wise people increases your knowledge, but only nonsense comes from the mouths of fools.
They say to themselves, “God has forgotten about us. He is not watching. He will never see what we are doing.”
Those evil people say, “God does not know what we are doing! God Most High does not know!”
Good people think before they answer, but the wicked do not, and what they say causes trouble.
Speak without thinking, and your words can cut like a knife. Be wise, and your words can heal.
His words about peace are as smooth as butter, but he has only war on his mind. His words are as slick as oil, but they cut like a knife.
The wicked turn against God because they think he will not punish them.
You snakes! You are so evil. How can you say anything good? What people say with their mouths comes from what fills their hearts.
“Jeremiah, have you heard what the people are saying? They are saying, ‘The Lord turned away from the two families of Israel and Judah. He chose those people, but now he does not even accept them as a nation.’”
How much longer will those criminals brag about the evil they did?
The words and the thoughts of my enemies are against me all the time—