You plan ways to destroy others. Your tongue is like a blade that has a sharp edge. You are always telling lies.

你的舌头邪恶诡诈，好像剃头刀，快利伤人。

你这行诡诈的人哪，你的舌头像快利的剃刀，图谋毁灭。

你这行诡诈的人哪，你的舌头像快利的剃刀，图谋毁灭。

你这诡诈的人啊，舌头利如剃刀，尽是害人的奸计。

你图谋毁灭，你的舌头锋利像剃刀，常弄诡诈。

行事诡诈的人哪，你的舌头谋算奸恶，如同磨利的剃刀！

你的舌頭邪惡詭詐，好像剃頭刀，快利傷人。

你這行詭詐的人哪，你的舌頭像快利的剃刀，圖謀毀滅。

你這行詭詐的人哪，你的舌頭像快利的剃刀，圖謀毀滅。

你這詭詐的人啊，舌頭利如剃刀，盡是害人的奸計。

你圖謀毀滅，你的舌頭鋒利像剃刀，常弄詭詐。

行詭詐的人哪，你終日圖謀着毁滅；你的舌頭就像磨快的剃刀。

行事詭詐的人哪，你的舌頭謀算奸惡，如同磨利的剃刀！

爾舌運用邪惡、如銛利之薙刀、詭譎是行兮、

爾謀殘害、爾行詭譎、如薙髮之刀、其鋒銛利兮、

行詐之人乎、爾舌利如薙刀、捏造毒害之詞、

You who practice deceit, your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor.

Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.

All day long you plot destruction. Your tongue cuts like a sharp razor; you’re an expert at telling lies.

Like a sharpened razor, your tongue devises destruction, working treachery.

Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.

Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Like a sharpened razor, your tongue devises destruction, working treachery.

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.

Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Your tongue has the power of life and death. Those who love to talk will eat the fruit of their words.

Men who are like lions are all around me. I am forced to lie down among people who are like hungry animals. Their teeth are like spears and arrows. Their tongues are like sharp swords.

Listen to what pours out of their mouths. The words from their lips are like swords. They think,“ Who can hear us?”

The words of thoughtless people cut like swords. But the tongue of wise people brings healing.

“ We have found that Paul is a troublemaker. This man stirs up trouble among Jews all over the world. He is a leader of those who follow Jesus of Nazareth.

Hide me from evil people who talk about how to harm me. Hide me from those people who are planning to do evil.They make their tongues like sharp swords. They aim their mean words like deadly arrows.They shoot from their hiding places at people who aren’t guilty. They shoot quickly and aren’t afraid of being caught.They help one another make evil plans. They talk about hiding their traps. They say,“ Who can see what we are doing?”They make plans to do what is evil. They say,“ We have thought up a perfect plan!” The hearts and minds of people are so clever!

Instead, we have given up doing secret and shameful things. We don’t twist God’s word. In fact, we do just the opposite. We present the truth plainly. In the sight of God, we make our appeal to everyone’s sense of what is right and wrong.

“ They get ready to use their tongues like bows,” announces the Lord.“ Their mouths shoot out lies like arrows. They tell lies to gain power in the land. They go from one sin to another. They do not pay any attention to me.Be on guard against your friends. Do not trust the members of your own family. Every one of them cheats. Every friend tells lies.

You use your mouth to speak evil. You use your tongue to spread lies.

They said,“ Come on. Let’s make plans against Jeremiah. We’ll still have priests to teach us the law. We’ll always have wise people to give us advice. We’ll have prophets to bring us messages from the Lord. So come on. Let’s speak out against Jeremiah. We shouldn’t pay any attention to what he says.”

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for something to use against Jesus. They wanted to put him to death.

People like that are false apostles. They are workers who tell lies. They only pretend to be apostles of Christ.

Some people have teeth like swords. The teeth in their jaws are as sharp as knives. They are ready to eat up the poor people of the earth. They are ready to eat up those who are the most needy.

They make evil plans in their hearts. They are always starting fights.Their tongues are as deadly as the tongue of a serpent. The words from their lips are like the poison of a snake.

Sinful people who lie and cheat have spoken against me. They have used their tongues to tell lies about me.

Five days later Ananias the high priest went down to Caesarea. Some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus went with him. They brought their charges against Paul to the governor.

Lord, save me from people whose lips tell lies. Save me from people whose tongues don’t tell the truth.

There are six things the Lord hates. In fact, he hates seven things.The Lord hates proud eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that kill those who aren’t guilty.He also hates hearts that make evil plans and feet that are quick to do evil.He hates any witness who pours out lies and anyone who stirs up conflict in the community.

Then in secret they talked some men into lying about Stephen. They said,“ We heard Stephen speak evil things against Moses and against God.”So the people were stirred up. The elders and the teachers of the law were stirred up too. They arrested Stephen and brought him to the Sanhedrin.They found witnesses who were willing to tell lies. These liars said,“ This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place. He also speaks against the law.

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven. It said,“ Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God have come. The authority of his Messiah has come. Satan, who brings charges against our brothers and sisters, has been thrown down. He brings charges against them in front of our God day and night.