[Like] a cluband a swordand a sharparrowIs a manwho bearsfalse~witnessagainst his neighbor.
They sharpentheir tonguesas a serpent;Poisonof a viperis undertheir lips.Selah.
Your tonguedevisesdestruction,Like a sharprazor,O workerof deceit.
His speechwas smootherthanbutter,But his heartwas war;His wordswere softerthanoil,Yet they were drawnswords.
My soulis amonglions;I must lieamong those who breatheforthfire,[Even] the sonsof men,whose teethare spearsand arrowsAnd their tonguea sharpsword.
"You shall not bearfalse~witnessagainst your neighbor.
Thereis one who speaksrashlylike the thrustsof a sword,But the tongueof the wisebringshealing.
Do not be a witnessagainst your neighborwithoutcause,And do not deceivewith your lips.
Let your footrarelybe in your neighbor'shouse,Orhe will becomewearyof you and hateyou.
"They bendtheir tongue[like] their bow;Liesand not truthprevailin the land;For they proceedfrom evilto evil,And they do not knowMe," declaresthe LORD.
"Their tongueis a deadlyarrow;It speaksdeceit;With his mouthone speakspeaceto his neighbor,But inwardlyhe setsan ambushfor him.
And the tongueis a fire,the [very] worldof iniquity;the tongueis setamongour membersas that which defilesthe entirebody,and setson firethe courseof [our] life,and is set on fireby hell.
