12:2 People lie to one another;
they flatter and deceive.
12:3 May the Lord cut off
and the tongue that boasts!
12:4 They say,
we know how to flatter and boast.
Who is our master?”
41:6 When someone comes to visit,
he thinks of ways to defame me,
and when he leaves he slanders me.
41:7 All who hate me whisper insults about me to one another;
they plan ways to harm me.
52:2 Your tongue carries out your destructive plans;
it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.
52:3 You love evil more than good,
lies more than speaking the truth.
52:4 You love to use all the words that destroy,
and the tongue that deceives.
59:7 Look, they hurl insults at me
and openly threaten to kill me,
for they say,
“Who hears?”
59:12 They speak sinful words.
So let them be trapped by their own pride
and by the curses and lies they speak!
64:3 They
they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,
64:4 in order to shoot down the innocent
They shoot at him suddenly and are unafraid of retaliation.
64:5 They encourage one another to carry out their evil deed.
They plan how to hide
and boast,
64:6 They devise
they disguise
Man’s inner thoughts cannot be discovered.
64:7 But God will shoot
suddenly they will be
64:8 Their slander will bring about their demise.
All who see them will shudder,
140:5 Proud men hide a snare for me;
evil men
they set traps for me. (Selah)
9:2 (9:1) I wish I had a lodging place in the desert
where I could spend some time like a weary traveler.
Then I would desert my people
and walk away from them
because they are all unfaithful to God,
a congregation
9:3 The Lord says,
“These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows.
Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies.
They have become powerful in the land,
but they have not done so by honest means.
Indeed, they do one evil thing after another
and do not pay attention to me.
9:4 Everyone must be on his guard around his friends.
He must not even trust any of his relatives.
For every one of them will find some way to cheat him.
And all of his friends will tell lies about him.
9:5 One friend deceives another
and no one tells the truth.
These people have trained themselves
They do wrong and are unable to repent.
3:13 “Their throats are open graves,
they deceive with their tongues,
the poison of asps is under their lips.”
3:14 “Their mouths are
3:7 For every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature