Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as you say, but you feign them out of your own heart. Treasury of Scripture There are Acts 24:12,13 And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues... Acts 25:7,10 And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul... thou feignest Job 13:4 But you are forgers of lies, you are all physicians of no value. Psalm 36:3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has left off to be wise, and to do good. Psalm 38:12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things... Psalm 52:2 The tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. Isaiah 59:4 None calls for justice, nor any pleads for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief... Daniel 11:27 And both of these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper... Matthew 12:34 O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning...
Context Sanballat's Threats and Conspiracy
1Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors on the gates;) 2That Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. 3And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you? 4Yet they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner. 5Then sent Sanballat his servant to me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand; 6Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu said it, that you and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause you build the wall, that you may be their king, according to these words. 7And you have also appointed prophets to preach of you at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together. 8Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as you say, but you feign them out of your own heart. 9For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands. 10Afterward I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay you; yes, in the night will they come to slay you. 11And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in. 12And, see, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. 13Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me. 14My God, think you on Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I sent to them, saying: There is no such thing done as thou sayest: but thou feignest these things out of thy own heart.
Darby Bible Translation
And I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
King James Bible
Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
Young's Literal Translation
And I send unto him, saying, 'It hath not been according to these words that thou art saying, for from thine own heart thou art devising them;'
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