whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Every one utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
He feeds on ashes; a deluded mind has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers mischief; when he goes out, he tells it abroad.
They only plan to thrust him down from his eminence. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. Selah
And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.
Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
The wicked go astray from the womb, they err from their birth, speaking lies.
His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and swear, As I live for ever,
But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have sworn to the Lord God Most High, maker of heaven and earth,