Matthew 2:7

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.

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.”

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.

The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn’t stay alive.

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

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

So they will fear Yahweh’s name from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, which Yahweh’s breath drives.

Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve Yahweh, their God. Don’t you yet know that Egypt is destroyed?”

When his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. Before the deadline,

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

He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.

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

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.

Come, let’s deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies and fight against us, and escape out of the land.”

Please come now therefore, and curse this people for me; for they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”

Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, “You shall today be my son-in-law a second time.”

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.’ ”

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?”

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.

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.”

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your counsel what we shall do.”

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

So the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said to them, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look and behold your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”

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.

“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?

In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

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

For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

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

The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.

They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.

“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.

All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

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,

You still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations.

“Come,” they say, “let’s destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”

The floods have lifted up, Yahweh, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves.

If they say, “Come with us. Let’s lay in wait for blood. Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.

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.

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahweh.

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.

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

now therefore, behold, the Lord brings upon them the mighty flood waters of the River: the king of Assyria and all his glory. It will come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks.

Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one. Like a storm of hail, a destroying storm, and like a storm of mighty waters overflowing, he will cast them down to the earth with his hand.

Your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand. When the overflowing scourge passes through, then you will be trampled down by it.

For wicked men are found among my people. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.

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.

“Who is this who rises up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?

“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.

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,

When it was day, some of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

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

He said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.

He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years,

The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.