Verse 2
Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.
Referenced Verses
- Ps 41:6 : 6 If one comes to see me, deceit is in his heart; he keeps a store of evil, which he makes public in every place.
- Rom 16:18 : 18 For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.
- Ps 10:7 : 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.
- Jer 9:8 : 8 His tongue is an arrow causing death; the words of his mouth are deceit: he says words of peace to his neighbour, but in his heart he is waiting secretly for him.
- Ps 5:9 : 9 For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.
- Ps 144:8 : 8 In whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.
- Ps 28:3 : 3 Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.
- Jas 1:8 : 8 For there is a division in his mind, and he is uncertain in all his ways.
- 1 Chr 12:33 : 33 Of Zebulun, there were fifty thousand men, who went out with the army, expert in ordering the fight, to give help with all sorts of arms; true-hearted men.
- Ezek 12:24 : 24 For there will be no more false visions or smooth use of secret arts in Israel.
- Ps 144:11 : 11 Make me free, and take me out of the hands of strange men, in whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.
- Prov 20:19 : 19 He who goes about talking of the business of others gives away secrets: so have nothing to do with him whose lips are open wide.
- Prov 29:5 : 5 A man who says smooth things to his neighbour is stretching out a net for his steps.
- Jer 9:2-6 : 2 If only I had in the waste land a night's resting-place for travellers, so that I might go away, far from my people! for they are all untrue, a band of false men. 3 Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord. 4 Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil. 5 Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back. 6 There is wrong on wrong, deceit on deceit; they have given up the knowledge of me, says the Lord.
- Ps 36:3-4 : 3 In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good. 4 He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.
- Ps 38:12 : 12 Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.
- Ps 52:1-4 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of David. When Doeg the Edomite came to Saul saying, David has come to the house of Ahimelech.> Why do you take pride in wrongdoing, lifting yourself up against the upright man all the day? 2 Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade. 3 You have more love for evil than for good, for deceit than for works of righteousness. (Selah.) 4 Destruction is in all your words, O false tongue.
- Ps 55:21 : 21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.
- Ps 59:12 : 12 Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,
- Ps 62:4 : 4 Their only thought is to put him down from his place of honour; their delight is in deceit: blessing is in their mouths but cursing in their hearts. (Selah.)
- 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,