2 Samuel 16:19

for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

Don’t draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

but if you return to the city, and tell Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king. As I have been your father’s servant in time past, so I will now be your servant; then will you defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.’

Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.

My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.

Their tongue is a deadly arrow. It speaks deceit. One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart, he waits to ambush him.

Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

Cain said to Abel, his brother, “Let’s go into the field.” While they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him.

He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He said, “I am.”

then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.

You shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king, except you shall take its goods and its livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush for the city behind it.”

Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a bribe to make me blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”

David said, “What have I now done? Is there not a cause?”

Saul said to David, “Behold, my elder daughter Merab, I will give her to you as wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight Yahweh’s battles.” For Saul said, “Don’t let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.”

Saul commanded his servants, “Talk with David secretly, and say, ‘Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore be the king’s son-in-law.’ ”

Therefore deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you; but if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?”

He said, “Why does my lord pursue his servant? For what have I done? What evil is in my hand?

Achish said, “Against whom have you made a raid today?” David said, “Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.”

David said to Achish, “Therefore you will know what your servant can do.” Achish said to David, “Therefore I will make you my bodyguard forever.”

David said to Achish, “But what have I done? What have you found in your servant so long as I have been before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”

Then Absalom said, “If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.” The king said to him, “Why should he go with you?”

It was so, that when any man came near to bow down to him, he stretched out his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.

Whereas you came but yesterday, should I today make you go up and down with us, since I go where I may? Return, and take back your brothers. Mercy and truth be with you.”

The king said also to Zadok the priest, “Aren’t you a seer? Return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman said to them, “They have gone over the brook of water.” When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither will you be afraid of destruction when it comes.

Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,

“How long will you torment me, and crush me with words?

Will he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft words to you?

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

“You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, “For”, they say, “who hears us?”

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is the defense of my head. Judah is my scepter.

They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly.

who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,

He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage! Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel.

“In his place a contemptible person will stand up, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom; but he will come in time of security, and will obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.

Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’

“Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach, for you aren’t partial to anyone.

Judas, who betrayed him, answered, “It isn’t me, is it, Rabbi?” He said to him, “You said it.”

When they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don’t defer to anyone; for you aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

They asked him, “Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.

But Jesus said to him, “Judas, do you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?”

During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,

Joses, who by the apostles was also called Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race,

But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.

Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.

You know that when you were heathen, you were led away to those mute idols, however you might be led.

Then after a period of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.

And the rest of the Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.

looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it,

Don’t be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.