Hiding hatred makes you a liar; slandering others makes you a fool.

隐藏怨恨的，有说谎的嘴；口出谗谤的，是愚妄的人。

隐藏怨恨的，有说谎的嘴唇；口出毁谤的，是愚昧人。

隐藏怨恨的，有说谎的嘴唇；口出毁谤的，是愚昧人。

暗藏仇恨的满口虚谎，散布流言的愚不可及。

隐藏怨恨的，嘴里必出谎言；散播谣言的，是愚昧人。

掩盖仇恨的，有撒谎的嘴；传出谣言的，是愚昧的人。

隱藏怨恨的，有說謊的嘴；口出讒謗的，是愚妄的人。

隱藏怨恨的，有說謊的嘴唇；口出毀謗的，是愚昧人。

隱藏怨恨的，有說謊的嘴唇；口出毀謗的，是愚昧人。

暗藏仇恨的滿口虛謊，散佈流言的愚不可及。

隱藏怨恨的，嘴裡必出謊言；散播謠言的，是愚昧人。

隱藏怨恨的、嘴脣虛假；口出讒言的是愚頑人。

掩蓋仇恨的，有撒謊的嘴；傳出謠言的，是愚昧的人。

匿怨者口言誑、讒謗者為愚人、

匿怨而友、播揚人惡、愚者之所為也。

匿憾者口必言誑、讒毀人者為愚昧、

Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool.

Anyone who hides hatred with lying lips and spreads lies is foolish.

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

One who conceals hatred has lying lips, And one who spreads slander is a fool.

Whoever hides hatred has lying lips, And whoever spreads slander is a fool.

He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

He that hideth hatred[ with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander,[ is] a fool.

The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.

He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

When Abner arrived back at Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gateway as if to speak with him privately. But then he stabbed Abner in the stomach and killed him in revenge for killing his brother Asahel.

“ How are you, my cousin?” Joab said and took him by the beard with his right hand as though to kiss him.Amasa didn’t notice the dagger in his left hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach with it so that his insides gushed out onto the ground. Joab did not need to strike again, and Amasa soon died. Joab and his brother Abishai left him lying there and continued after Sheba.

I will not tolerate people who slander their neighbors. I will not endure conceit and pride.

Those who refuse to gossip or harm their neighbors or speak evil of their friends.

Saul became even more afraid of him, and he remained David’s enemy for the rest of his life.

Watching for their opportunity, the leaders sent spies pretending to be honest men. They tried to get Jesus to say something that could be reported to the Roman governor so he would arrest Jesus.“ Teacher,” they said,“ we know that you speak and teach what is right and are not influenced by what others think. You teach the way of God truthfully.

You sit around and slander your brother— your own mother’s son.

Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.

People may cover their hatred with pleasant words, but they’re deceiving you.They pretend to be kind, but don’t believe them. Their hearts are full of many evils.While their hatred may be concealed by trickery, their wrongdoing will be exposed in public.

“ Here’s another chance to see him killed by the Philistines!” Saul said to himself. But to David he said,“ Today you have a second chance to become my son in law!”Then Saul told his men to say to David,“ The king really likes you, and so do we. Why don’t you accept the king’s offer and become his son in law?”

Two years later, when Absalom’s sheep were being sheared at Baal hazor near Ephraim, Absalom invited all the king’s sons to come to a feast.He went to the king and said,“ My sheep shearers are now at work. Would the king and his servants please come to celebrate the occasion with me?”The king replied,“ No, my son. If we all came, we would be too much of a burden on you.” Absalom pressed him, but the king would not come, though he gave Absalom his blessing.“ Well, then,” Absalom said,“ if you can’t come, how about sending my brother Amnon with us?”“ Why Amnon?” the king asked.But Absalom kept on pressing the king until he finally agreed to let all his sons attend, including Amnon. So Absalom prepared a feast fit for a king.Absalom told his men,“ Wait until Amnon gets drunk; then at my signal, kill him! Don’t be afraid. I’m the one who has given the command. Take courage and do it!”So at Absalom’s signal they murdered Amnon. Then the other sons of the king jumped on their mules and fled.

My enemies cannot speak a truthful word. Their deepest desire is to destroy others. Their talk is foul, like the stench from an open grave. Their tongues are filled with flattery.

His words are as smooth as butter, but in his heart is war. His words are as soothing as lotion, but underneath are daggers!

Then he told Uriah,“ Go on home and relax.” David even sent a gift to Uriah after he had left the palace.But Uriah didn’t go home. He slept that night at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guard.When David heard that Uriah had not gone home, he summoned him and asked,“ What’s the matter? Why didn’t you go home last night after being away for so long?”Uriah replied,“ The Ark and the armies of Israel and Judah are living in tents, and Joab and my master’s men are camping in the open fields. How could I go home to wine and dine and sleep with my wife? I swear that I would never do such a thing.”“ Well, stay here today,” David told him,“ and tomorrow you may return to the army.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.Then David invited him to dinner and got him drunk. But even then he couldn’t get Uriah to go home to his wife. Again he slept at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guard.So the next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and gave it to Uriah to deliver.The letter instructed Joab,“ Station Uriah on the front lines where the battle is fiercest. Then pull back so that he will be killed.”