and they brought the multicolored tunic to their father, saying, “We have found this; please examine it and decide whether or not it is your son’s tunic.”

“You say, ‘What does God know [about me]?
Can He judge through the thick darkness?

Why has the wicked spurned and shown disrespect to God?
He has said to himself, “You will not require me to account.”

He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper,
But whoever confesses and turns away from his sins will find compassion and mercy.

You are of your father the devil, and it is your will to practice the desires [which are characteristic] of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks what is natural to him, for he is a liar and the father of lies and half-truths.

As long as it remained [unsold], did it not remain your own [to do with as you pleased]? And after it was sold, was the money not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this act [of hypocrisy and deceit] in your heart? You have not [simply] lied to people, but to God.”

General references

But the Lord God called to Adam, and said to him, “Where are you?”

and a man’s enemies will be the members of his [own] household [when one believes and another does not].