“If evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,

Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for fresh game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

But Absalom said, “Call for Hushai the Arkite, and let’s hear what he has to say.”

I am like a man who cannot hear and is incapable of arguing his defense.

They spend all their time planning how to bring him down. They love to use deceit; they pronounce blessings with their mouths, but inwardly they utter curses. (Selah)

“So you are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And as for me, I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you both what you must do.

Then the Lord met Balaam and put a message in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.”

I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I command.

So the watchman called out and informed the king. The king said, “If he is by himself, he brings good news.” The runner came ever closer.

He said, “The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.

He said, “The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.

They intended to bury him with criminals, but he ended up in a rich man’s tomb, because he had committed no violent deeds, nor had he spoken deceitfully.

Their tongues are like deadly arrows. They are always telling lies. Friendly words for their neighbors come from their mouths. But their minds are thinking up ways to trap them.

The sovereign master says, “These people say they are loyal to me; they say wonderful things about me, but they are not really loyal to me. Their worship consists of nothing but man-made ritual.