Their speech is filled with curses, lies, and threats; they are quick to speak hateful, evil words.

All of them lie to one another; they deceive each other with flattery.

Those who come to see me are not sincere; they gather bad news about me and then go out and tell it everywhere.

Evildoers go wrong all their lives; they tell lies from the day they are born.

You only want to bring him down from his place of honor; you take pleasure in lies. You speak words of blessing, but in your heart you curse him.

Wicked people and liars have attacked me. They tell lies about me,

and they say evil things about me, attacking me for no reason.

The evil plots you make are as deadly as the eggs of a poisonous snake. Crush an egg, out comes a snake! But your plots will do you no good---they are as useless as clothing made of cobwebs!

You are always planning something evil, and you can hardly wait to do it. You never hesitate to murder innocent people. You leave ruin and destruction wherever you go,

It makes as much sense as eating ashes. His foolish ideas have so misled him that he is beyond help. He won't admit to himself that the idol he holds in his hand is not a god at all.

If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is much better for you to lose one of your limbs than to have your whole body go off to hell.

The beast forced all the people, small and great, rich and poor, slave and free, to have a mark placed on their right hands or on their foreheads.

No one could buy or sell without this mark, that is, the beast's name or the number that stands for the name.