Verse 2

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have opened against me; they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 52:4 : 4 Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, you worker of deceit.
  • Ps 64:3-4 : 3 Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, from the tumult of those who practice wickedness. 4 They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their words like bitter arrows.
  • Ps 120:2-3 : 2 LORD, deliver my soul from lying lips and a deceitful tongue. 3 What will He give you, and what more will He do to you, deceitful tongue?
  • Ps 140:3 : 3 They devise wicked schemes in their hearts and stir up conflicts all day long.
  • Prov 6:17 : 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
  • Prov 12:19 : 19 Truthful speech endures forever, but a lying tongue lasts only for a moment.
  • Prov 15:28 : 28 The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.
  • Jer 9:3 : 3 Beware of your neighbor; do not trust even a brother. Every brother utterly deceives, and every friend spreads slander.
  • Jer 9:5 : 5 You live in the midst of deceit, and because of deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.
  • Matt 26:59-62 : 59 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus so that they might put Him to death. 60 But they could not find any, even though many false witnesses came forward. Finally, two witnesses came forward. 61 They declared, "This man said, 'I can destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.'" 62 Then the high priest stood up and said to Him, "Are You not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against You?"
  • Acts 6:13 : 13 They presented false witnesses who said, 'This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.'
  • 2 Sam 15:3-8 : 3 Then Absalom would say to him, 'Look, your claims are good and valid, but there is no one appointed by the king to hear you.' 4 And Absalom would add, 'If only I were appointed judge in the land, then every man who has a dispute or case could come to me, and I would ensure he receives justice.' 5 Whenever a man approached to bow down to him, Absalom would reach out, take hold of him, and kiss him. 6 Absalom behaved in this way toward all the Israelites who came to the king for judgment, and he stole the hearts of the people of Israel. 7 At the end of forty years, Absalom said to the king, 'Please allow me to go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I made to the LORD.' 8 For your servant made a vow while I was living in Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD.’
  • 2 Sam 17:1 : 1 Ahithophel said to Absalom, 'Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will set out and pursue David tonight.'
  • Ps 31:13 : 13 I am forgotten like someone dead and gone; I have become like a broken vessel.
  • Ps 31:18 : 18 O LORD, let me not be put to shame, for I have called out to you. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them be silent in the grave.