"You are always ready to speak evil; you never hesitate to tell lies.

Protect me from the plots of the wicked, from mobs of evil people.

They are quick to spread their shameless lies; they destroy good people with cowardly slander.

They make evil plans and say, "We have planned a perfect crime." The human heart and mind are a mystery.

They are always plotting evil, always stirring up quarrels.

Their tongues are like deadly snakes; their words are like a cobra's poison.

There are seven things that the LORD hates and cannot tolerate: A proud look, a lying tongue, hands that kill innocent people, a mind that thinks up wicked plans, feet that hurry off to do evil, a witness who tells one lie after another, and someone who stirs up trouble among friends.

(SEE 6:16)

There are people who take cruel advantage of the poor and needy; that is the way they make their living.

They are always ready to tell lies; dishonesty instead of truth rules the land. The LORD says, "My people do one evil thing after another and do not acknowledge me as their God."

Everyone must be on guard against their friends, and no one can trust their relatives; for all relatives are as deceitful as Jacob, and everyone slanders their friends.

Then the people said, "Let's do something about Jeremiah! There will always be priests to instruct us, the wise to give us counsel, and prophets to proclaim God's message. Let's bring charges against him and stop listening to what he says."

The chief priests and the whole Council tried to find some false evidence against Jesus to put him to death;

So they bribed some men to say, "We heard him speaking against Moses and against God!"

Then they brought in some men to tell lies about him. "This man," they said, "is always talking against our sacred Temple and the Law of Moses.

Five days later the High Priest Ananias went to Caesarea with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus. They appeared before Governor Felix and made their charges against Paul.

We found this man to be a dangerous nuisance; he starts riots among Jews all over the world and is a leader of the party of the Nazarenes.

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, "Now God's salvation has come! Now God has shown his power as King! Now his Messiah has shown his authority! For the one who stood before our God and accused believers day and night has been thrown out of heaven.

I am surrounded by enemies, who are like lions hungry for human flesh. Their teeth are like spears and arrows; their tongues are like sharp swords.

Listen to their insults and threats. Their tongues are like swords in their mouths, yet they think that no one hears them.

Thoughtless words can wound as deeply as any sword, but wisely spoken words can heal.

What you say can preserve life or destroy it; so you must accept the consequences of your words.

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

Save me, LORD, from liars and deceivers.

We put aside all secret and shameful deeds; we do not act with deceit, nor do we falsify the word of God. In the full light of truth we live in God's sight and try to commend ourselves to everyone's good conscience.

Those men are not true apostles---they are false apostles, who lie about their work and disguise themselves to look like real apostles of Christ.