Because their sister Dinah had been defiled, Jacob’s sons replied deceitfully as they spoke to Shechem and his father Hamor.
Make the price for the bride and the gift I am to bring as great as you like, and I’ll pay whatever you ask me. Only give me the young woman as my wife.”
They said to them, “We can’t do such a thing; we can’t give our sister to a man who is not circumcised. That would be a disgrace to us.
You, however, smear me with lies; you are worthless physicians, all of you!
Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him?
Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts.
Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk, and so the innocent escape trouble.
rebellion and treachery against the Lord, turning our backs on our God, inciting revolt and oppression, uttering lies our hearts have conceived.
The faithful have been swept from the land; not one upright person remains. Everyone lies in wait to shed blood; they hunt each other with nets.
telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.’
Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord.
Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.
Samson said to them, “This time I have a right to get even with the Philistines; I will really harm them.”