Luke 22:48

Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

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

that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.

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.

Woe to them! For they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in Korah’s rebellion.

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 he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius?

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

Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, saying, “for God has given me another child instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.”

If he shoved him out of hatred, or hurled something at him while lying in wait, so that he died,

Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.

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

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.’ Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.

Delilah said to Samson, “Until now, you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me with what you might be bound.” He said to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with the fabric on the loom.”

Now when Jehoram had risen up over the kingdom of his father, and had strengthened himself, he killed all his brothers with the sword, and also some of the princes of Israel.

All my familiar friends abhor me. They whom I loved have turned against me.

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.

For I have heard the defaming of many, “Terror on every side! Denounce, and we will denounce him!” say all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall. “Perhaps he will be persuaded, and we will prevail against him, and we will take our revenge on him.”

For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.

and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?’ He was speechless.

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.

Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven green cords that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.”

Delilah said to Samson, “Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies. Now please tell me how you might be bound.”

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.’ ”

When Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the middle of the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and a gift from the king was sent after him.

Absalom came to the king, and said, “See now, your servant has sheep shearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant.”

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

Your servant had two sons, and they both fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other, and killed him.

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.

Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your kindness to your friend? Why didn’t you go with your friend?”

Again, whom should I serve? Shouldn’t I serve in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father’s presence, so I will be in your presence.”

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

But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand. So he struck him with it in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and didn’t strike him again; and he died. Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.

Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come! Let’s meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they intended to harm me.

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.

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

My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;

Surely then you will lift up your face without spot; Yes, you will be steadfast, and will not fear:

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

They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, and don’t hesitate to spit in my face.

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.

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

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.

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

He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant.

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?”

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,

If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

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.

Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.

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

His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

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

The wounds of a friend are faithful, although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn’t have another to lift him up.

Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.

Yahweh said to me, “Go again, love a woman loved by another, and an adulteress, even as Yahweh loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins.”

So they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

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

Jesus said to him, “Friend, why are you here?” Then they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.

But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table.

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

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those whose sins weren’t like Adam’s disobedience, who is a foreshadowing of him who was to come.

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice.

By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.

For they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.

As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.