Psalms 36:3

American Standard Version (1901)

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good.

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  • Ps 55:21 : 21 His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
  • Ps 10:7 : 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
  • Ps 12:2-3 : 2 They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak. 3 Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;
  • Zeph 1:6 : 6 and them that are turned back from following Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired after him.
  • Matt 22:15-18 : 15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might ensnare him in [his] talk. 16 And they send to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one: for thou regardest not the person of men. 17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? 18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why make ye trial of me, ye hypocrites?
  • Matt 22:35 : 35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, trying him:
  • Heb 10:39 : 39 But we are not of them that shrink back unto perdition; but of them that have faith unto the saving of the soul.
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they all are not of us.
  • Ps 58:3 : 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
  • Ps 94:8 : 8 Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
  • Ps 125:5 : 5 But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
  • Ps 140:3 : 3 They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. {{Selah
  • 1 Sam 11:6-9 : 6 And the Spirit of God came mightily upon Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly. 7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the dread of Jehovah fell on the people, and they came out as one man. 8 And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. 9 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To-morrow, by the time the sun is hot, ye shall have deliverance. And the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad. 10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To-morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you. 11 And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and smote the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they that remained were scattered, so that not two of them were left together. 12 And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death. 13 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day; for to-day Jehovah hath wrought deliverance in Israel.
  • 1 Sam 13:13-14 : 13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly; thou hast not kept the commandment of Jehovah thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would Jehovah have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. 14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: Jehovah hath sought him a man after his own heart, and Jehovah hath appointed him to be prince over his people, because thou hast not kept that which Jehovah commanded thee.
  • 1 Sam 15:26 : 26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee; for thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, and Jehovah hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
  • 1 Sam 16:14 : 14 Now the Spirit of Jehovah departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Jehovah troubled him.
  • 1 Sam 18:21 : 21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law a second time.
  • 1 Sam 19:6-7 : 6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As Jehovah liveth, he shall not be put to death. 7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as beforetime.
  • 1 Sam 26:21 : 21 Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David; for I will no more do thee harm, because my life was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
  • Ps 5:9 : 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.

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  • Ps 36:4
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    4He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

  • Ps 36:1-2
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    1[For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David the servant of Jehovah]. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes.

    2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.

  • Prov 16:30
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    30He that shutteth his eyes, [it is] to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

  • Ps 50:19
    77%

    19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.

  • Prov 6:14-15
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    14In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.

    15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.

  • Job 20:12-13
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    12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,

    13Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;

  • Isa 31:2
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    2Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

  • Prov 16:27
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    27A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

  • Job 15:30
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    30He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of [God's] mouth shall he go away.

  • Prov 6:12
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    12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;

  • Prov 26:19
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    19So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?

  • Prov 24:2
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    2For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.

  • Ps 52:2-3
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    74%

    2Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

    3Thou lovest evil more than good, And lying rather than to speak righteousness. {{Selah

  • Job 15:5
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    5For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.

  • Ps 41:6
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    6And if he come to see [me], he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.

  • Isa 32:6-7
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    6For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise profaneness, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

    7And the instruments of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

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    10For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:

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    13Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:

    14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

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    8He that deviseth to do evil, Men shall call him a mischief-maker.

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    12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

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    4An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; [And] a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Ps 37:32
    73%

    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

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    31The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off.

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    24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips; But he layeth up deceit within him:

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    21His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.

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    30The mouth of the righteous talketh of wisdom, And his tongue speaketh justice.

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    1[For the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath. Maschil of David]. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity; There is none that doeth good.

  • Jer 9:3
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    3And they bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.

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    3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, [yea], contemneth Jehovah.

  • Prov 8:7
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    7For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

  • Ps 15:3
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    3He that slandereth not with his tongue, Nor doeth evil to his friend, Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor;

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    18Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

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    5And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

  • Prov 26:26
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    26Though [his] hatred cover itself with guile, His wickedness shall be openly showed before the assembly.

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    2They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

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    11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.