Psalm 52:2

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Psalm 52:2

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.

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Thou lettest thy mouth loose to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit;

Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,

Who devise mischiefs in their heart; every day are they banded together for war.

These six things doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw-teeth knives, to devour the afflicted from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood, and not for fidelity are they valiant in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.

And they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor word from the prophet. Come and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

And the chief priests and the elders and the whole sanhedrim sought false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.

Then they suborned men, saying, We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.

And after five days came down the high priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator called Tertullus, and laid their informations against Paul before the governor.

And I heard a great voice in the heaven saying, Now is come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; for the accuser of our brethren has been cast out, who accused them before our God day and night:

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My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down among them that breathe out flames, the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: for who say they doth hear?

There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

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For the mouth of the wicked man and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue,

Jehovah, deliver my soul from the lying lip, from the deceitful tongue.

But we have rejected the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.

For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.

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A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour.

If a ruler hearken to lying words, all his servants are wicked.

And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and give wicked counsel in this city:

and they went to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have cursed ourselves with a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul.