for the mouth of the sinner, and the mouth of the guileful man, is opened on me. They spake against me with a guileful [or treacherous] tongue,
for thiefly, that is, by thievery, I am taken away from the land of Hebrews, and here I am sent innocent into prison.
Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, I shall choose to me twelve thousand of men, and I shall rise up, and pursue David in this night.
They sharpened their tongues as serpents; the venom of snakes is under the lips of them.
for I heard despising of many men dwelling in compass. In that thing while they came together against me; they counselled to take my life.
guileful lips be made dumb. That speak wickedness against a just [or rightwise] man; in pride, and in mis-using or in abusing.
Thou lovedest all words of casting down; with a guileful [or treacherous] tongue.
The lip of truth shall be steadfast without end; but he that is a sudden witness, maketh ready the tongue of leasing.
The soul of a just [or rightwise] man bethinketh obedience; the mouth of wicked men is full of evils.
High eyes, a tongue liar, that is, accustomable to deadly leasing, hands shedding out innocent blood,
and they held forth their tongue as a bow of leasing, and not of truth. They be comforted in earth, for they went out from evil to evil, and they knew not me, saith the Lord.
And a man shall scorn his brother, and shall not speak truth; for they taught their tongue to speak leasing; they travailed to do wickedly.
And they ordained false witnesses, that said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against the holy place, and the law.