The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;

And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.

A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;

He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

The lip of truth shall be established for ever; But a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.

A righteous man hateth lying; But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place: