²¹ His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.

³ Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.

³ For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:

⁴ But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

⁴ My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

² And during supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's `son', to betray him,

²⁰ And they watched him, and sent forth spies, who feigned themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his speech, so as to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor.

²¹ And they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, and acceptest not the person `of any', but of a truth teachest the way of God:

²⁵ And Judas, who betrayed him, answered and said, Is it I, Rabbi? He saith unto him, Thou hast said.

²⁸ A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

²⁴ He that hateth dissembleth with his lips; But he layeth up deceit within him:

²⁵ When he speaketh fair, believe him not; For there are seven abominations in his heart:

²⁶ Though `his' hatred cover itself with guile, His wickedness shall be openly showed before the assembly.

¹⁸ There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.

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

⁴ They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah

⁷ Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, `say they', doth hear?

² They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.