Why would you be a false accuser and slander with your words?
They are malicious men, hostile witnesses of wrong. They rise up against me, accusers appearing out of nowhere.
For though I did nothing wrong to them, they set a trap for me, wanting me to fail and fall.
You call yourself a mighty man, a big shot? Why do you boast in the evil you have done? Yet God’s loyal love will protect me and carry the day!
An honest witness will never lie, but a deceitful witness lies with every breath.
Perjury won’t go unpunished, and liars will get all that they deserve.
Tell lies and you’re going to get caught, and the habitual liar is doomed.
No one believes a notorious liar, but the guarded words of an honest man stand the test of time.
Lying about and slandering people are as bad as hitting them with a club, or wounding them with an arrow, or stabbing them with a sword.
“Why?” Pilate asked. “What has he done wrong?” But they kept shouting out, “Crucify him!”
And all of this has happened to fulfill what is written in their Scriptures: They hated me for no reason.
So discard every form of dishonesty and lying so that you will be known as one who always speaks the truth, for we all belong to one another.
and lying. Lay aside your old Adam-self with its masquerade and disguise.
But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the despicable, the murderers, the perverts, the sorcerers, the idolaters, and all deceivers, they will find their place in the lake of fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
Those not permitted to enter are outside: the malicious hypocrites, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, murderers, idolaters, and every lover of lies.