Proverbs 26:25

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

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

“Everyone beware of his neighbor, and don’t trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go around like a slanderer.

but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith,

My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak to you, that you shall do.”

Don’t gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men;

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.

Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you! Even they have cried aloud after you! Don’t believe them, though they speak beautiful words to you.

For those who are such don’t serve our Lord, Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.

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

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

for their hearts plot violence and their lips talk about mischief.

Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer. You will cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you take away from among you the yoke, finger pointing, and speaking wickedly;

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.

Yahweh says concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, “Peace!” and whoever doesn’t provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him:

Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;

However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”

Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and didn’t listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

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

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.

Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought out falsehood.

But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.

He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn’t abhor evil.

Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God’s loving kindness endures continually.

I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s children.

You who love Yahweh, hate evil! He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.

whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.

She weeps bitterly in the night. Her tears are on her cheeks. Among all her lovers she has no one to comfort her. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her. They have become her enemies.

They will fall among those who are slain by the sword. She is delivered to the sword. Draw her away with all her multitudes.

As for both these kings, their hearts will be to do mischief, and they will speak lies at one table; but it won’t prosper, for the end will still be at the appointed time.

Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”

“Then if any man tells you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or, ‘There,’ don’t believe it.

You gave me no kiss, but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.

He said, “Watch out that you don’t get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is at hand.’ Therefore don’t follow them.

For I don’t know what I am doing. For I don’t practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.

in pureness, in knowledge, in perseverance, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love,

He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,

Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.

He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

Balaam said to Balak, “Behold, I have come to you. Have I now any power at all to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.”

For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away unharmed? Therefore may Yahweh reward you good for that which you have done to me today.

David swore to Saul. Saul went home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.

Then Saul said to David, “You are blessed, my son David. You will both do mightily, and will surely prevail.” So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

Saul disguised himself and put on other clothing, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night. Then he said, “Please consult for me by the familiar spirit, and bring me up whomever I shall name to you.”

So Joab came to the king, and told him; and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king; and the king kissed Absalom.

Jeroboam said to his wife, “Please get up and disguise yourself, so that you won’t be recognized as Jeroboam’s wife. Go to Shiloh. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, who said that I would be king over this people.

Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the army, who could set the battle in array, with all kinds of instruments of war: fifty thousand who could command and were not of double heart.

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

But it was you, a man like me, my companion, and my familiar friend.

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.

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

Wash yourselves. Make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.

Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter. I didn’t know that they had devised plans against me, saying, “Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit, and let’s cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.”

“Therefore Yahweh says concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, saying, ‘You shall not prophesy in Yahweh’s name, that you not die by our hand;’

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.

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

A man’s foes will be those of his own household.

That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house.”

Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ don’t believe it.

He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

He answered and said, “Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts in my mouth?”

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.

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but you put on your robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went into the battle.

Don’t trust in a neighbor. Don’t put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!

The Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

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