Wicked people and liars have spoken against me; they have told lies about me.
You love words that bite and tongues that lie.
Everyone lies to his friend, and no one speaks the truth. The people of Judah have taught their tongues to lie. They have become tired from sinning.
a proud look, a lying tongue, hands that kill innocent people,
They brought in some people to tell lies about Stephen, saying, “This man is always speaking against this holy place and the law of Moses.
Truth will continue forever, but lies are only for a moment.
With pride and hatred they speak against those who do right. So silence their lying lips.
I have heard many insults. Terror is all around me. They make plans against me and want to kill me.
Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and chase David tonight.
“They use their tongues like a bow, shooting lies from their mouths like arrows. Lies, not truth, have grown strong in the land. They go from one evil thing to another. They do not know who I am,” says the Lord.
Good people think before they answer, but the wicked simply pour out evil.
They make their tongues sharp as a snake’s; their words are like snake poison.Selah
I was taken by force from the land of the Hebrews, and I have done nothing here to deserve being put in prison.”