מִרמָה

A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;

And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.

And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.

Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.

He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.