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Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart.
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He who hates, dissembles with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart;
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when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart;
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though his hatred be covered with guile, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
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He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back upon him who starts it rolling.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.