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

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.

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords {are} in their lips: for who, {say they}, doth hear?

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

And they bend their tongues {like} their bow {for} lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

These six {things} doth the LORD hate: yea, seven {are} an abomination unto him: {unto...: Heb. of his soul}

Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and {against} God.

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

For we have found this man {a} pestilent {fellow}, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and {with} a certain orator {named} Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. {of the deceitful: Heb. of deceit} {are opened: Heb. have opened themselves}

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. {givest: Heb. sendest}

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

Which imagine mischiefs in {their} heart; continually are they gathered together {for} war.

Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. {with...: or, for the tongue}

{There is} a generation, whose teeth {are as} swords, and their jaw teeth {as} knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from {among} men.

Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. {dishonesty: Gr. shame}

But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, {yet} found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. {to...: or, to edify profitably}

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

Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. {with...: or, for the tongue}

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

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

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

A wholesome tongue {is} a tree of life: but perverseness therein {is} a breach in the spirit. {A wholesome...: Heb. The healing of the tongue}

And they bend their tongues {like} their bow {for} lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

Then said he unto me, Son of man, these {are} the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:

For {there is} no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part {is} very wickedness; their throat {is} an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. {faithfulness: or, stedfastness} {their mouth: Heb. his mouth, that is, the mouth of any of them} {very...: Heb. wickednesses}

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. {uttereth: Heb. teacheth}

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

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. {givest: Heb. sendest}

Likewise {must} the deacons {be} grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. {cruel...: Heb. hatred of violence}

In whose hands {is} mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. {full...: Heb. filled with}

For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against {them that are} quiet in the land.

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.

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. {shall not tarry: Heb. shall not be established}

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

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

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

The words of a talebearer {are} as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. {talebearer: or, whisperer} {as wounds: or, like as when men are wounded} {most...: Heb. chambers}

If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants {are} wicked.

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

They return, {but} not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this {shall be} their derision in the land of Egypt.

And after the league {made} with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.

{There is} a generation, whose teeth {are as} swords, and their jaw teeth {as} knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from {among} men.

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

The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes. {findeth...: Heb. is not favoured}

Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up {again, then} will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and {so} thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings. {pay: Chaldee, give} {revenue: or, strength}

And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent {it} by the hand of Uriah.