²² False lips are hated by the Lord, but those whose acts are true are his delight.

¹⁵ Outside are the dogs, and those who make use of evil powers, those who make themselves unclean, and the takers of life, and those who give worship to images, and everyone whose delight is in what is false.

²⁰ The uncontrolled are hated by the Lord, but those whose ways are without error are his delight

¹ Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.

¹⁶ Six things are hated by the Lord; seven things are disgusting to him:

¹⁷ Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;

⁶ You will send destruction on those whose words are false; the cruel man and the man of deceit are hated by the Lord.

⁸ But those who are full of fear and without faith, the unclean and takers of life, those who do the sins of the flesh, and those who make use of evil powers or who give worship to images, and all those who are false, will have their part in the sea of ever-burning fire which is the second death.

²² Because with your false words you have given pain to the heart of the upright man when I had not made him sad; in order to make strong the hands of the evil-doer so that he may not be turned from his evil way and get life:

¹⁹ And you have put me to shame among my people for a little barley and some bits of bread, sending death on souls for whom there is no cause of death, and keeping those souls living who have no right to life, by the false words you say to my people who give ear to what is false.

²⁴ But if any man has pride, let it be in this, that he has the wisdom to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord, working mercy, giving true decisions, and doing righteousness in the earth: for in these things I have delight, says the Lord.

¹⁵ The man who is honoured and responsible is the head, and the prophet who gives false teaching is the tail.

⁸ The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.