Job 15:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 5:13 : 13 He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.
  • Job 9:22-24 : 22 It is all the same to me; so I say, He puts an end to the sinner and to him who has done no wrong together. 23 If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong. 24 The land is given into the power of the evil-doer; the faces of its judges are covered; if not by him, then who has done it?
  • Job 12:6 : 6 There is wealth in the tents of those who make destruction, and those by whom God is moved to wrath are safe; even those whose god is their strength.
  • Ps 50:19-20 : 19 You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit. 20 You say evil of your brother; you make false statements against your mother's son.
  • Ps 52:2-4 : 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 64:3 : 3 Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;
  • Ps 120:2-3 : 2 O Lord, be the saviour of my soul from false lips, and from the tongue of deceit. 3 What punishment will he give you? what more will he do to you, you false tongue?
  • Jer 9:3-5 : 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.
  • 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.
  • Mark 7:21-22 : 21 Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures, 22 The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts:
  • Luke 6:45 : 45 The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives good things; and the evil man, out of his evil store, gives evil: for out of the full store of the heart come the words of the mouth.
  • Jas 1:26 : 26 If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.
  • Jas 3:5-8 : 5 Even so the tongue is a small part of the body, but it takes credit for great things. How much wood may be lighted by a very little fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell. 7 For every sort of beast and bird and every living thing on earth and in the sea has been controlled by man and is under his authority; 8 But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death.

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    6 It is by your mouth, even yours, that you are judged to be in the wrong, and not by me; and your lips give witness against you.

  • Ps 50:16-20
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    16 But to the sinner, God says, What are you doing, talking of my laws, or taking the words of my agreement in your mouth?

    17 Seeing that you have no desire for my teaching, turning your back on my words.

    18 When you saw a thief, you were in agreement with him, and you were joined with those who took other men's wives.

    19 You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit.

    20 You say evil of your brother; you make false statements against your mother's son.

  • Ps 52:2-4
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    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.

  • Job 15:13
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    13 So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?

  • Isa 59:3
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    3 For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things, and your tongue gives out deceit.

  • Ps 5:9-10
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    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.

    10 Send them to destruction, O Lord; let their evil designs be the cause of their fall; let them be forced out by all their sins; because they have gone against your authority.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.

  • Prov 8:7
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    7 For good faith goes out of my mouth, and false lips are disgusting to me.

  • Ps 59:12
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    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,

  • Job 15:4
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    4 Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3 In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

  • Prov 6:2
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    2 You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.

  • Eccl 5:6
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    6 Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you.

  • Prov 10:31-32
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    31 The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.

    32 The lips of the upright man have knowledge of what is pleasing, but twisted are the mouths of evil-doers.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.

  • Job 11:5
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    5 But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;

  • Prov 15:2
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    2 Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

  • Job 13:7
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    7 Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth?

  • Prov 17:4
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    4 A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.

  • Isa 57:4
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    4 Of whom do you make sport? against whom is your mouth open wide and your tongue put out? are you not uncontrolled children, a false seed,

  • Rom 3:14
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    14 Whose mouth is full of curses and bitter words:

  • Job 20:12
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    12 Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue;

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    3 What punishment will he give you? what more will he do to you, you false tongue?

  • Prov 4:24
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    24 Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.

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    8 In whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.

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    28 A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.

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    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.

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    30 The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.

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    30 Is there evil in my tongue? is not the cause of my trouble clear to me?

  • Ps 109:2
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    2 For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.

  • Prov 5:2
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    2 So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.

  • Prov 10:20
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    20 The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.

  • Prov 15:4
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    4 A comforting tongue is a tree of life, but a twisted tongue is a crushing of the spirit.

  • Matt 12:37
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    37 For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged.

  • Ps 73:9
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    9 Their mouth goes up to heaven; their tongues go walking through the earth.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2 For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.

  • Jer 4:18
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    18 Your ways and your doings have made these things come on you; this is your sin; truly it is bitter, going deep into your heart.

  • Prov 6:12
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    12 A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;

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    25 Through your evil-doing these things have been turned away, and your sins have kept back good from you.

  • Job 36:17
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    17 ...

  • Prov 23:8
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    8 The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.

  • Prov 30:32
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    32 If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have had evil designs, put your hand over your mouth.