Psalms 36:3
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The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
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His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
After the Spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, a spirit of distress from the LORD began to torment him.
“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”
One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:
Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”
and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”
For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.