Psalms 52:2

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, [say they], doth hear?
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.
  • Ps 50:19 : 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.
  • Ps 64:2-6 : 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, From the tumult of the workers of iniquity; 3 Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words, 4 That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. 5 They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them? 6 They search out iniquities; We have accomplished, [say they], a diligent search: And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.
  • Ps 109:2 : 2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.
  • Ps 120:2 : 2 Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, [And] from a deceitful tongue.
  • Ps 140:2-3 : 2 Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war. 3 They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. {{Selah
  • Prov 6:16-19 : 16 There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him: 17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood; 18 A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief, 19 A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.
  • Prov 30:14 : 14 There is a generation whose teeth are [as] swords, and their jaw teeth [as] knives, To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
  • Jer 9:3-4 : 3 And 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. 4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
  • Jer 18:18 : 18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
  • Matt 26:59 : 59 Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;
  • Acts 6:11-13 : 11 Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and [against] God. 12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and seized him, and brought him into the council, 13 and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:
  • Acts 24:1 : 1 And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with certain elders, and [with] an orator, one Tertullus; and they informed the governor against Paul.
  • Acts 24:5 : 5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
  • 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
  • 2 Cor 11:13 : 13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ.
  • Rev 12:10 : 10 And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accuseth them before our God day and night.

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

    4Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

    5God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. {{Selah

  • Ps 50:19-20
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    19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.

    20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

  • 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 52:1
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    1[For the Chief Musician. Maschil of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech]. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God [endureth] continually.

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

  • Ps 120:3
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    3What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue?

  • Ps 140:2-3
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    2Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war.

    3They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. {{Selah

  • Jer 9:8
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    8Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.

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

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    3Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

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

  • 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 36:3-4
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    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good.

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

  • Prov 26:28
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    28A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

  • Jer 9:5
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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.

  • Ps 12:2-3
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    2They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

    3Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;

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    2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.

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

  • Prov 12:18
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    18There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.

  • Isa 32:7
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    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.

  • Isa 59:3
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    3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue muttereth wickedness.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; [And] a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

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    20Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; But to the counsellors of peace is joy.

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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:

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

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

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    12[ For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.

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

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

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    12They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me] ; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.

  • Ps 62:3-4
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    3How long will ye set upon a man, That ye may slay [him], all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

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    12The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

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    6Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

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    12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,

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    4Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and put out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

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    8Whose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

  • Prov 6:18
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    18A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

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    12For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

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    11For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.

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    18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

  • 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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    2Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.