For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man {shall be satisfied} from himself.

Therefore, {as} I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.

{For} the sin of their mouth {and} the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying {which} they speak.

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

And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

Whose mouth {is} full of cursing and bitterness:

Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed {them} altogether.

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward. {shew thyself froward: or, wrestle}

Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.

Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.

Then said he unto me, This {is} the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off {as} on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off {as} on that side according to it. {every one that stealeth...: or, every one of this people that stealeth holdeth himself guiltless, as it doth}

Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, {though} he hide it under his tongue;

{For} the sin of their mouth {and} the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying {which} they speak.

And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode {the grapes}, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech. {merry: or, songs}

And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And {the LORD} said, Thou shalt entice {him}, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do {even} so.

But when {Esther} came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. {when...: Heb. when she came}

Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they {are} too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, {that} we may smite them, and {that} I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest {is} blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them. {sorrow...: or, obstinacy of heart}

And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. {punish: Heb. visit upon} {reward: Heb. cause to return}

Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. {iniquity unto...: or, punishment of iniquity, etc}

And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade {him}, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.