instruments

Isaiah 1:23
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

Isaiah 5:23
who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of justice.

Jeremiah 5:26-28
For My people are among wicked men. They watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap; they catch men. . . .

Micah 2:11
If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, "I will preach to you of wine and strong drink, " he would be just the preacher for this people!

Micah 7:3
Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe; when the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.

Matthew 26:14-16, 59, 60
Then one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests . . .

deviseth

Psalm 10:7-10
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue. . . .

Psalm 64:4-6
ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear. . . .

Psalm 82:2-5
"How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah . . .

Jeremiah 18:18
Then some said, "Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, or counsel to the wise, or an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words."

Micah 7:2
The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt each other with a net.

Matthew 26:4
and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.

lying

Isaiah 59:3, 4
For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice. . . .

1 Kings 21:10-14
But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, 'You have cursed both God and the king!' Then take him out and stone him to death." . . .

Acts 6:11-13
Then they prompted some men to say, "We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God." . . .

the needy speaketh right.