For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride. For the cursing and lies that they utter,
An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous escapes from trouble.
there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue? A warrior's sharp arrows, with glowing coals of the broom tree!
In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
But they were urgent, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place.”
and said, “Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will rise.’
And all the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
“On that day you shall not be put to shame because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me; for then I will remove from your midst your proudly exultant ones, and you shall no longer be haughty in my holy mountain.
The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their lust.
if you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth,
As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them! Let burning coals fall upon them! Let them be cast into fire, into miry pits, no more to rise!
He loved to curse; let curses come upon him! He did not delight in blessing; may it be far from him! He clothed himself with cursing as his coat; may it soak into his body like water, like oil into his bones!
Return sevenfold into the lap of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!
But God shoots his arrow at them; they are wounded suddenly. They are brought to ruin, with their own tongues turned against them; all who see them will wag their heads.
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