Lexicon :: Strong's H3577 - kāzāḇ

O sons of men, how long will my honor and glory be [turned into] shame?

How long will you [my enemies] love worthless (vain, futile) things and seek deception and lies? Selah.

You destroy those who tell lies;

The LORD detests and rejects the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who makes the LORD his trust,

And does not regard the proud nor those who lapse into lies.

The wicked are estranged from the womb;

These go astray from birth, speaking lies [even twisted partial truths].

They consult only to throw him down from his high position [to dishonor him];

They delight in lies.

They bless with [the words of] their mouths,

But inwardly they curse. Selah.

Men of low degree are only a breath (emptiness), and men of [high] rank are a lie (delusion).

In the balances they go up [because they have no measurable weight or value];

They are together lighter than a breath.

A false witness who breathes out lies [even half-truths],

And one who spreads discord (rumors) among brothers.

A faithful and trustworthy witness will not lie,

But a false witness speaks lies.

A truthful witness saves lives,

But he who speaks lies is treacherous.

A false witness will not go unpunished,

And he who breathes out lies will not escape.

A false witness will not go unpunished,

And he who breathes lies will perish.

That which is desirable in a man is his loyalty and unfailing love,

But it is better to be a poor man than a [wealthy] liar.

A false witness will perish,

But a man who listens to the truth will speak forever and go unchallenged.

Do not desire his delicacies,

For it is deceptive food [offered to you with questionable motives].

Keep deception and lies far from me;

Give me neither poverty nor riches;

Feed me with the food that is my portion,

Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,

And with Sheol (the place of the dead) we have made an agreement,

When the overwhelming scourge passes by, it will not reach us,

For we have made lies our refuge and we have concealed ourselves in deception.”

“I will make justice the measuring line

And righteousness the mason’s level;

Then hail will sweep away the refuge of lies

And waters will flood over the secret [hiding] place.

Woe (judgment is coming) to them, for they have wandered away from Me!

Devastation is theirs, because they have rebelled and trespassed against Me!

I would redeem them, but they speak lies against Me.

Ephraim feeds on the [emptiness of the] wind

And [continually] pursues the [parching] east wind [which brings destruction];

Every day he multiplies lies and violence.

Further, he makes a covenant with Assyria

And (olive) oil is carried to Egypt [to seek alliances].

Thus says the LORD,

“For three transgressions of Judah and for four (multiplied delinquencies)

I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,

Because they have rejected the law of the LORD [the sum of God’s instruction to His people]

And have not kept His commandments;

But their lies [and their idols], after which their fathers walked,

Caused them to go astray.

“The remnant of Israel will do no wrong

Nor speak lies,

Nor will a deceitful tongue

Be found in their mouths;

For they will eat and lie down

With no one to make them tremble and feel afraid.”