² For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.

⁴ Thou lovest all devouring words, thou deceitful tongue.

¹³ and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:

⁵⁹ Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

⁶⁰ and they found it not, though many false witnesses came. But afterward came two,

⁶¹ and said, This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

⁶² And the high priest stood up, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

⁵ And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

³ And they bend their tongue, `as it were' their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.

²⁸ The heart of the righteous studieth to answer; But the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

¹⁹ The lip of truth shall be established for ever; But a lying tongue is but for a moment.

¹⁷ Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;

³ They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. Selah

² Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, `And' from a deceitful tongue.

³ What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue?

³ Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

⁴ That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

¹⁸ Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

¹³ For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me, They devised to take away my life.

¹ Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

³ And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.

⁴ Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

⁵ And it was so, that, when any man came nigh to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.

⁶ And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

⁷ And it came to pass at the end of forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto Jehovah, in Hebron.

⁸ For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If Jehovah shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Jehovah.