What my enemies say can never be trusted; they only want to destroy. Their words are flattering and smooth, but full of deadly deceit.

Their archers are mighty soldiers who kill without mercy.

"How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look fine on the outside but are full of bones and decaying corpses on the inside.

In the same way, on the outside you appear good to everybody, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and sins.

Certainly not! God must be true, even though all human beings are liars. As the scripture says, "You must be shown to be right when you speak; you must win your case when you are being tried."

What my enemies say can never be trusted; they only want to destroy. Their words are flattering and smooth, but full of deadly deceit.

Silence those flattering tongues, O LORD! Close those boastful mouths that say,

"With our words we get what we want. We will say what we wish, and no one can stop us."

Their speech is wicked and full of lies; they no longer do what is wise and good.

You make plans to ruin others; your tongue is like a sharp razor. You are always inventing lies.

I am surrounded by enemies, who are like lions hungry for human flesh. Their teeth are like spears and arrows; their tongues are like sharp swords.

You are guilty of lying, violence, and murder.

They are always ready to tell lies; dishonesty instead of truth rules the land. The LORD says, "My people do one evil thing after another and do not acknowledge me as their God."

They all mislead their friends, and no one tells the truth; they have taught their tongues to lie and will not give up their sinning. They do one violent thing after another, and one deceitful act follows another. The LORD says that his people reject him.

I tell them: Those visions you see are false, and the predictions you make are lies. You say that they are my words, but I haven't spoken to you!"

You snakes---how can you say good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

A good person brings good things out of a treasure of good things; a bad person brings bad things out of a treasure of bad things.

So it is with the tongue: small as it is, it can boast about great things. Just think how large a forest can be set on fire by a tiny flame!

We humans are able to tame and have tamed all other creatures---wild animals and birds, reptiles and fish.

like wine made from the venom of snakes.

But in their stomachs the food turns bitter, as bitter as any poison could be.

What the evil people swallow is like poison; it kills them like the bite of a deadly snake.

Their tongues are like deadly snakes; their words are like a cobra's poison.