If they say, “Come with us,
Let us lie in wait for blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;

But they lie in wait for their own blood;
They ambush their own lives.

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
But the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;
Do not destroy his resting place;

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

He who conceals hatred has lying lips,
And he who spreads slander is a fool.

Truthful lips will be established forever,
But a lying tongue is only for a moment.

Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord,
But those who deal faithfully are His delight.

Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool,
Much less are lying lips to a prince.

The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue
Is a fleeting vapor, the pursuit of death.

A lying tongue hates those it crushes,
And a flattering mouth works ruin.