Psalms 73:8-9

8They scoff and aspeak with malice;
loftily they threaten oppression.
9They set their mouths against the heavens,
and their tongue struts through the earth.

Isaiah 5:18-19

18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with bcords of falsehood,
who draw sin as with cart ropes,
19who say: c“Let him be quick,
let him speed his work
that we may see it;
let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near,
and let it come, that we may know it!”

Isaiah 57:4

4Whom are you mocking?
Against whom ddo you open your mouth wide
and stick out your tongue?
Are you not children of etransgression,
fthe offspring of deceit,

Ezekiel 8:12

12Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing gin the dark, each hin his room of pictures? For they say, i‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’”

Ezekiel 9:9

9Then he said to me, j“The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. kThe land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice. For lthey say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’

Hosea 7:16

16They mreturn, but not upward;
Or to the Most High

they are olike a treacherous bow;
their princes shall fall by the sword
because of pthe insolence of their tongue.
This shall be their derision qin the land of Egypt.

Malachi 3:13-15

13 r“Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord. sBut you say, ‘How have we spoken against you?’ 14You have said, t‘It is vain to serve God. uWhat is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts? 15And now we call vthe arrogant blessed. wEvildoers not only prosper but xthey put God to the test and they escape.’”

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