Every day they make wrong use of my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

And as he said in all his letters, which had to do with these things; in which are some hard sayings, so that, like the rest of the holy Writings, they are twisted by those who are uncertain and without knowledge, to the destruction of their souls.

Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?

He has put up a wall of cut stones about my ways, he has made my roads twisted.

O you, who are full of false tricks and evil ways, a son of the Evil One, hating all righteousness, will you for ever be turning people from the right ways of the Lord?

Then give ear to this, you heads of the children of Jacob, you rulers of the children of Israel, hating what is right, twisting what is straight.

They have no knowledge of the way of peace, and there is no sense of what is right in their behaviour: they have made for themselves ways which are not straight; whoever goes in them has no knowledge of peace.

Their hearts were turned back and untrue like their fathers; they were turned to one side like a twisted bow.

And two chains of the best gold, twisted like cords; and have the chains fixed on to the frames.

And you are to make two chains of gold, twisted like cords, to be fixed to the priest's bag.