⁹ For there is no ^[a]faithfulness in their mouth;
Their inward part is destruction;
^(A)Their throat is an open tomb;
They flatter with their tongue.

³ “And like their bow ^(A)they have bent their tongues for lies.
They are not valiant for the truth on the earth.
For they proceed from ^(B)evil to evil,
And they ^(C)do not know Me,” says the Lord.
⁴ “Everyone^(D) take heed to his ^[a]neighbor,
And do not trust any brother;
For every brother will utterly supplant,
And every neighbor will ^(E)walk with slanderers.
⁵ Everyone will ^(F)deceive his neighbor,
And will not speak the truth;
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
They weary themselves to commit iniquity.
⁶ Your dwelling place is in the midst of deceit;
Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” says the Lord.

⁵ A man who ^(A)flatters his neighbor
Spreads a net for his feet.