Notice what comes from their mouths. Insults come from their lips, because they say, “Who’s listening?”
The wicked think, “God has forgotten us. He doesn’t see what is happening.”
Why do wicked people hate God? They say to themselves, “God won’t punish us.”
His words are slippery like butter, but war is in his heart. His words are smoother than oil, but they cut like knives.
Enemies, like lions, are all around me; I must lie down among them. Their teeth are like spears and arrows, their tongues as sharp as swords.
They say, “How can God know? What does God Most High know?”
They are full of proud words; those who do evil brag about what they have done.
Careless words stab like a sword, but wise words bring healing.
Wise people use knowledge when they speak, but fools pour out foolishness.
Good people think before they answer, but the wicked simply pour out evil.
“Jeremiah, have you heard what the people are saying? They say: ‘The Lord turned away from the two families of Israel and Judah that he chose.’ Now they don’t think of my people as a nation anymore!”
The words and thoughts of my enemies are against me all the time.
You snakes! You are evil people, so how can you say anything good? The mouth speaks the things that are in the heart.