2Sa 14:17-24, Job 17:5, Psa 5:9, 12:2, Pro 7:5, 21, 20:19, 26:24-25, 28 | ESV | STEP | And your servant thought , The word of my lord the king will set me at rest , for my lord the king is like the angel of God to discern good and evil . The Lord your God be with you!

17 And your servant thought, ‘The word of my lord the king will set me at rest,’ for my lord the king is ^alike the angel of God to discern good and evil. The Lord your God be with you!”

18 Then the king answered the woman, “Do not hide from me anything I ask you.” And the woman said, “Let my lord the king speak.” 19 The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered and said, ^b“As surely as you live, my lord the king, one cannot turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has said. It was your servant Joab who commanded me; ^cit was he who put all these words in the mouth of your servant. 20 In order to change the course of things your servant Joab did this. But my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of ^dthe angel of God to know all things that are on the earth.”

21 Then the king said to Joab, “Behold now, I grant this; go, bring back the young man Absalom.” 22 And Joab fell on his face to the ground and paid homage ^eand blessed the king. And Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, in that the king has granted the request of his servant.” 23 So Joab arose and went to ^fGeshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. 24 And the king said, “Let him dwell apart in his own house; he is not to come into my presence.” So Absalom lived apart in his own house and did not come into the king’s presence.

Job 17:5

5 He who informs against his friends to get a share of their property—
the ^geyes of his children will fail.

Psalms 5:9

9 For there is no truth in their mouth;
their inmost self is ^hdestruction;
ⁱtheir throat is ^jan open grave;
they ^kflatter with their tongue.

Psalms 12:2

2 Everyone ^lutters lies to his neighbor;
with ^mflattering lips and ⁿa double heart they speak.

Proverbs 7:5

5 to keep you from ^othe forbidden ^{▼▼Hebrew strange} woman,
from ^qthe adulteress ^{▼▼Hebrew the foreign woman} with her smooth words.

Proverbs 7:21

21 With much seductive speech she persuades him;
with ^sher smooth talk she compels him.

Proverbs 20:19

19 Whoever ^tgoes about slandering reveals secrets;
therefore do not associate with ^ua simple babbler. ^{▼▼Hebrew with one who is simple in his lips}

Proverbs 26:24-25

24 Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips
and harbors deceit in his heart;
25 ^wwhen he speaks graciously, believe him not,
for there are ^xseven abominations in his heart;

Proverbs 26:28

28 A lying tongue hates its victims,
and a flattering mouth works ruin.