A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,
For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.
“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”
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.
…so much that he promised with an oath to give to her whatever she asked.
A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.