Nehemiah 6:8
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Then I sent him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”
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Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.
You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
And the two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed time.
When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.
The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.