I know how stubborn and rebellious they are. They have rebelled against the LORD during my lifetime, and they will rebel even more after I am dead.

I know that after I leave, fierce wolves will come among you, and they will not spare the flock.

The time will come when some men from your own group will tell lies to lead the believers away after them.

I will do my best, then, to provide a way for you to remember these matters at all times after my death.

But he ignored the advice of the older men and went instead to the young men who had grown up with him and who were now his advisers.

They replied, "This is what you should tell them: 'My little finger is thicker than my father's waist.'

(SEE 22:2)

He sinned against the LORD, because after his father's death other members of King Ahab's family became his advisers, and they led to his downfall.

So she tempted him with her charms, and he gave in to her smooth talk.

where an arrow would pierce its heart. He was like a bird going into a net---he did not know that his life was in danger.

A gossip can never keep a secret. Stay away from people who talk too much.

Praising someone who is stupid makes as much sense as tying a stone in a sling.

You have to hate someone to want to hurt him with lies. Insincere talk brings nothing but ruin.

If you flatter your friends, you set a trap for yourself.

By deceit the king will win the support of those who have already abandoned their religion, but those who follow God will fight back.

If a ruler pays attention to false information, all his officials will be liars.