Proverbs 26:28

Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.

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

I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you. However he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I say to the world.”

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

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.

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

Achish answered David, “I know that you are good in my sight, as an angel of God. Notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, ‘He shall not go up with us to the battle.’

Then your servant said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king bring rest; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad. May Yahweh, your God, be with you.’ ”

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.

I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited.

When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

Then Yahweh said to me, “The prophets prophesy lies in my name. I didn’t send them. I didn’t command them. I didn’t speak to them. They prophesy to you a lying vision, divination, and a thing of nothing, and the deceit of their own heart.

Therefore you shall no more see false visions, nor practice divination. I will deliver my people out of your hand. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.’ ”

I coveted no one’s silver, gold, or clothing.

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

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

He has slandered your servant to my lord the king, but my lord the king is as an angel of God. Therefore do what is good in your eyes.

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

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

to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,

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

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

Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity. Desolation and destruction are in their paths.

Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.

This is so that innocent blood will not be shed in the middle of your land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, leaving blood guilt on you.

For I know your rebellion and your stiff neck. Behold, while I am yet alive with you today, you have been rebellious against Yahweh. How much more after my death?

He hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

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

For you will save the afflicted people, but the arrogant eyes you will bring down.

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

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

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

For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.

The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the arrogance of men will be bowed down, and Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day.

The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don’t hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.

Moreover Yahweh said, “Because the daughters of Zion are arrogant, and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, walking to trip as they go, jingling ornaments on their feet;

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.

Only know for certain that, if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, on this city, and on its inhabitants; for in truth Yahweh has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.”

They rose up, threw him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill that their city was built on, that they might throw him off the cliff.

This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

Did I take advantage of you by anyone of those whom I have sent to you?

But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.

Not that I seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account.

Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,

In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber.

His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.

The dragon grew angry with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep God’s commandments and hold Jesus’ testimony.

‘Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and what you might be bound to afflict you.”

David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?”

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to men’s words, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks to harm you?’

When David inquired of Yahweh, he said, “You shall not go up. Circle around behind them, and attack them in front of the mulberry trees.

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 Joab has done this thing to change the face of the matter. My lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.”

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.”

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

Solomon answered all her questions. There wasn’t anything hidden from the king which he didn’t tell her.

Now after the death of Jehoiada, the princes of Judah came, and bowed down to the king. Then the king listened to them.

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?

For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, while they conspire together against me, they plot to take away my life.

Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.

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

Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.

to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.

that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.

If a ruler listens to lies, all of his officials are wicked.

For there will be no more any false vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.

He will corrupt those who do wickedly against the covenant by flatteries; but the people who know their God will be strong, and take action.

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!

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

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.

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 now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham didn’t do this.

When he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, “Seeing that by you we enjoy much peace, and that prosperity is coming to this nation by your foresight,

For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),

And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

Yes, I will make every effort that you may always be able to remember these things even after my departure.