⁸ Their tongue is a deadly arrow;
    it speaks deceit through the mouth.
They all speak friendly words to their neighbors
    but inwardly are planning to lay an ambush.^(A)

²⁶ For the wicked are found among my people.
    They lie in wait like hunters;
destroyers,^[a] they catch humans.^(A)

⁵ Whoever flatters a neighbor
    is spreading a net for the neighbor’s feet.

²⁴ An enemy dissembles in speaking
    while harboring deceit within;^(A)
25 when an enemy speaks graciously, do not believe it,
    for there are seven abominations concealed within;^(B)
26 though hatred is covered with guile,
    the enemy’s wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.^(C)

¹⁴ See how they conceive evil
    and are pregnant with mischief
    and bring forth lies.^(A)
15 They make a pit, digging it out,
    and fall into the hole that they have made.^(B)
16 Their mischief returns upon their own heads,
    and on their own heads their violence descends.^(C)