Verse 2

For their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk of trouble.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 10:7 : 7 His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and iniquity.
  • Ps 28:3 : 3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak peace to their neighbors but harbor evil in their hearts.
  • Ps 7:14 : 14 He has prepared His deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts.
  • Job 15:35 : 35 They conceive trouble and give birth to wickedness; their womb prepares deceit.
  • 1 Sam 23:9 : 9 When David learned that Saul was plotting harm against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod here."
  • Isa 59:4 : 4 No one calls for justice, and no one pleads with integrity. They rely on empty words and speak lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.
  • Matt 26:3-4 : 3 Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas. 4 And they plotted together to arrest Jesus by deceit and kill Him.
  • Acts 13:10 : 10 And he said, 'You are full of all deceit and all fraud, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness! Will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?'
  • Luke 23:20-21 : 20 Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate addressed them again. 21 But they kept shouting, 'Crucify Him! Crucify Him!'
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands are skilled at doing evil: the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, and the powerful speak out their selfish desires. Together they weave a web of corrupt schemes.
  • Esth 3:6-7 : 6 But he considered it beneath him to attack Mordecai alone, for they had told him about Mordecai’s people. So Haman sought to destroy all the Jews throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of Mordecai. 7 In the first month, the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (that is, the lot) before Haman for each day and each month, until the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
  • Ps 36:4 : 4 The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; he has stopped being wise and doing good.
  • Ps 64:4-6 : 4 They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their words like bitter arrows. 5 They shoot from hiding places at the innocent; they shoot suddenly, without fear. 6 They encourage each other in evil plans; they talk about hiding snares and say, 'Who will see them?'
  • Ps 140:2 : 2 Rescue me, O LORD, from evil people; protect me from men of violence.
  • Prov 6:14 : 14 He plots evil with deceit in his heart; he constantly stirs up dissension.
  • Prov 24:8 : 8 The one who plots evil will be called a schemer.