"They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily."
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The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.
They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak.