The king's officials said to him, "How long is this man going to give us trouble? Let the Israelite men go, so that they can worship the LORD their God. Don't you realize that Egypt is ruined?"

See how wicked people think up evil; they plan trouble and practice deception.

So they are punished by their own evil and are hurt by their own violence.

Those who want to kill me lay traps for me, and those who want to hurt me threaten to ruin me; they never stop plotting against me.

A hypocrite hides hate behind flattering words.

He may disguise his hatred, but everyone will see the evil things he does.

If you flatter your friends, you set a trap for yourself.

"Evildoers live among my people; they lie in wait like those who lay nets to catch birds, but they have set their traps to catch people.

Their tongues are like deadly arrows; they always tell lies. Everyone speaks friendly words to their neighbors, but they are really setting a trap for them.

Then Saul said to David, "Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you as your wife on condition that you serve me as a brave and loyal soldier, and fight the LORD's battles." (Saul was thinking that in this way the Philistines would kill David, and he would not have to do it himself.)

That same night Saul sent some men to watch David's house and kill him the next morning. Michal, David's wife, warned him, "If you don't get away tonight, tomorrow you will be dead."

She let him down from a window, and he ran away and escaped.