The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.
You can make the dowry and gift I must bring high, and I will give according to what you say to me. Just give me the girl to marry.”
They said to them, “We cannot do this. To give our sister to one who is uncircumcised would be a disgrace to us.
But you are plasterers of falsehood; you are all physicians of no value.
Will you speak wickedly for God? And talk deceitfully for Him?
They speak empty words, each with his own neighbor; with flattering lips and a deceitful heart they speak.
The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous will escape from trouble.
transgressing, and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
The godly has perished from the earth, and no one is upright among men. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; each hunts his brother with a net.
saying, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were sleeping.’
Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to God’s wrath, for it is written: “Vengeance is Mine. I will repay,” says the Lord.
See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone. But always seek to do good to one another and to all.
Samson said to them, “This time I cannot be blamed by the Philistines when I do them harm.”