Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, {and} from a deceitful tongue.

An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips {there is} as a burning fire. {An...: Heb. A man of Belial}

If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison {is} under their lips. Selah.

And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the {world} to come.

A false witness {that} speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

Who whet their tongue like a sword, {and} bend {their bows to shoot} their arrows, {even} bitter words:

With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

Where no wood is, {there} the fire goeth out: so where {there is} no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. {Where no...: Heb. Without wood} {talebearer: or, whisperer} {ceaseth: Heb. is silent}

And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back {part} of the price of the land? {to lie to: or, to deceive}

Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called? {blaspheme: or, revile, or, slander}

{Even him}, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.

Likewise also these {filthy} dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more {right} in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel. {despise...: Heb. set us at light}

Their throat {is} an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps {is} under their lips:

Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth {them} out of the church.

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.

Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning {with} his anger, and the burden {thereof is} heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: {burden...: or, grievousness of flame} {heavy: Heb. heaviness}

Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart {is} not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength {lieth}.

But when the Pharisees heard {it}, they said, This {fellow} doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. {Beelzebub: Gr. Beelzebul}

To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard {speeches} which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. {Raca: that is, Vain fellow}

And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by {the means of} those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, {say they}, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, {saying}, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him. {All...: Heb. Every man of my peace}

But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

And saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. {name: or, names}

And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?

For such {are} false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD. {rebellion: Heb. revolt}

And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was {so}, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city {art} thou? And he said, Thy servant {is} of one of the tribes of Israel. {came: Heb. to come}

Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?

And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which {is} as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites {are} fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, {and} among the Manassites.

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger {which} flattereth with her words.

And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name {of the LORD}, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name {was} Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)

And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.

And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

Death and life {are} in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Then said I, Woe {is} me! for I am undone; because I {am} a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. {undone: Heb. cut off}

But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. {Raca: that is, Vain fellow}

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

But the tongue can no man tame; {it is} an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

Where no wood is, {there} the fire goeth out: so where {there is} no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. {Where no...: Heb. Without wood} {talebearer: or, whisperer} {ceaseth: Heb. is silent}

The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise {is} health.

Thou lovest all devouring words, O {thou} deceitful tongue. {O thou...: or, and the deceitful tongue}

They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

Who whet their tongue like a sword, {and} bend {their bows to shoot} their arrows, {even} bitter words:

An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips {there is} as a burning fire. {An...: Heb. A man of Belial}

And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. {He that hath a froward...: Heb. The froward of heart}

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison {is} under their lips. Selah.

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour {is} a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue {is} mischief and vanity. {deceit: Heb. deceits} {vanity: or, iniquity}

In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish {doeth} not so.

How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. {a babbler: Heb. the master of the tongue}

My soul {is} among lions: {and} I lie {even among} them that are set on fire, {even} the sons of men, whose teeth {are} spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. {mouth: Heb. palate}

And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, {every one of} them.

Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass {yourselves} about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks {that} ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.