20. Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counselors of peace is joy.
Job XXVII, 4. My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
John VIII, 44. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Prov. X, 18. He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
Prov. XII, 13. The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
Prov. XXVI, 23. Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
Psalm LII, 2. Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
3. Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
4. Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
5. God shall likewise destroy thee forever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling-place, and root thee out of the land of the living.