There are people who think they are so good---oh, how good they think they are!

The wicked do not care about the LORD; in their pride they think that God doesn't matter.

You save those who are humble, but you humble those who are proud.

And so they wear pride like a necklace and violence like a robe;

They laugh at other people and speak of evil things; they are proud and make plans to oppress others.

I will get rid of anyone who whispers evil things about someone else; I will not tolerate anyone who is proud and arrogant.

LORD, I have given up my pride and turned away from my arrogance. I am not concerned with great matters or with subjects too difficult for me.

A day is coming when human pride will be ended and human arrogance destroyed. Then the LORD alone will be exalted.

Their prejudices will be held against them. They sin as openly as the people of Sodom did. They are doomed, and they have brought it on themselves.

The LORD said, "Look how proud the women of Jerusalem are! They walk along with their noses in the air. They are always flirting. They take dainty little steps, and the bracelets on their ankles jingle.

In the same way you younger people must submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you must put on the apron of humility, to serve one another; for the scripture says, "God resists the proud, but shows favor to the humble."

The LORD hates liars, but is pleased with those who keep their word.

A reliable witness always tells the truth, but an unreliable one tells nothing but lies.

You have to hate someone to want to hurt him with lies. Insincere talk brings nothing but ruin.

You destroy all liars and despise violent, deceitful people.

Save me, LORD, from liars and deceivers.

You liars, what will God do to you? How will he punish you?

The LORD has an accusation to bring against the people who live in this land. Listen, Israel, to what he says: "There is no faithfulness or love in the land, and the people do not acknowledge me as God.

They make promises and break them; they lie, murder, steal, and commit adultery. Crimes increase, and there is one murder after another.

You are the children of your father, the Devil, and you want to follow your father's desires. From the very beginning he was a murderer and has never been on the side of truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he is only doing what is natural to him, because he is a liar and the father of all lies.

But outside the city are the perverts and those who practice magic, the immoral and the murderers, those who worship idols and those who are liars both in words and deeds.

Suppose they say, "Come on; let's find someone to kill! Let's attack some innocent people for the fun of it!

" 'God's curse on anyone who accepts money to murder an innocent person.' "And all the people will answer, 'Amen!'

and especially because of all the innocent people he had killed. The LORD could not forgive Manasseh for that.

"When you lift your hands in prayer, I will not look at you. No matter how much you pray, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with blood.

You are guilty of lying, violence, and murder.

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!