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They utter lies to each other;
    with flattering lips and a deceitful heart they speak.(A)

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Everyone lies(A) to their neighbor;
    they flatter with their lips
    but harbor deception in their hearts.(B)

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They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

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18 For such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites,[a] and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the simple-minded.(A)

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  1. 16.18 Gk their own belly

18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ,(A) but their own appetites.(B) By smooth talk and flattery they deceive(C) the minds of naive people.

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18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

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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)

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Their tongue(A) is a deadly arrow;
    it speaks deceitfully.
With their mouths they all speak cordially to their neighbors,(B)
    but in their hearts they set traps(C) for them.(D)

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Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

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And when they come to see me, they utter empty words
    while their hearts gather mischief;
    when they go out, they tell it abroad.(A)

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When one of them comes to see me,
    he speaks falsely,(A) while his heart gathers slander;(B)
    then he goes out and spreads(C) it around.

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And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

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whose mouths speak lies
    and whose right hands are false.(A)

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whose mouths are full of lies,(A)
    whose right hands(B) are deceitful.(C)

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Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

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Their mouths are filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;
    under their tongues are mischief and iniquity.(A)

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His mouth is full(A) of lies and threats;(B)
    trouble and evil are under his tongue.(C)

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His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

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For there is no truth in their mouths;
    their hearts are destruction;
their throats are open graves;
    they flatter with their tongues.(A)

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Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;
    their heart is filled with malice.
Their throat is an open grave;(A)
    with their tongues they tell lies.(B)

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For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

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7,8 For the doubter, being double-minded and unstable in every way, must not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

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Such a person is double-minded(A) and unstable(B) in all they do.

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A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

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Do not drag me away with the wicked,
    with those who are workers of evil,
who speak peace with their neighbors
    while mischief is in their hearts.(A)

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Do not drag me away with the wicked,
    with those who do evil,
who speak cordially with their neighbors
    but harbor malice in their hearts.(A)

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Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

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