Psalms 35:20
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
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- Ps 31:13 : 13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
- Ps 36:3-4 : 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good. 4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
- Ps 38:12 : 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
- Ps 52:2 : 2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
- Ps 64:4-6 : 4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. 5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? 6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
- Ps 120:5-7 : 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! 6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. 7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
- Ps 140:2-5 : 2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. 4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. 5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
- Jer 11:19 : 19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
- Dan 6:5 : 5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
- Matt 12:19 : 19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
- Matt 12:24 : 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
- Matt 26:4 : 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
- Acts 23:15 : 15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
- Acts 25:3 : 3 And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
- 1 Pet 2:22-23 : 22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
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20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
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12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
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2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
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19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
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8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
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11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
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2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
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7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
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21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
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7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
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20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
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4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
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3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
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2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
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5 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
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3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
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20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
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2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
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4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
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15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
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9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
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25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
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9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
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12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
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16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
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7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
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17 And the way of peace have they not known:
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11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
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10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
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5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
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12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
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17 They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.
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8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
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2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
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35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
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8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
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3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
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5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
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12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
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7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
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22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
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10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
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19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
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5 Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.