Psalms 109:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 52:4 : 4 Destruction is in all your words, O false tongue.
  • Ps 64:3-4 : 3 Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words; 4 So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.
  • 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?
  • Ps 140:3 : 3 Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)
  • Prov 6:17 : 17 Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;
  • Prov 12:19 : 19 True lips are certain for ever, but a false tongue is only for a minute.
  • Prov 15:28 : 28 The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.
  • Jer 9:3 : 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.
  • Jer 9:5 : 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.
  • Matt 26:59-62 : 59 Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death; 60 And they were not able to get it, though a number of false witnesses came. 61 But later there came two who said, This man said, I am able to give the Temple of God to destruction, and to put it up again in three days. 62 And the high priest got up and said to him, Have you no answer? what is it which these say against you?
  • Acts 6:13 : 13 And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:
  • 2 Sam 15:3-8 : 3 And Absalom would say to him, See, your cause is true and right; but no man has been named by the king to give you a hearing. 4 And more than this, Absalom said, If only I was made judge in the land, so that every man who has any cause or question might come to me, and I would give a right decision for him! 5 And if any man came near to give him honour, he took him by the hand and gave him a kiss. 6 And this Absalom did to everyone in Israel who came to the king to have his cause judged: so Absalom, like a thief, took away the hearts of the men of Israel. 7 Now at the end of four years, Absalom said to the king, Let me go to Hebron and give effect to the oath which I made to the Lord: 8 For while I was living in Geshur in Aram, your servant made an oath, saying, If ever the Lord lets me come back to Jerusalem, I will give him worship in Hebron.
  • 2 Sam 17:1 : 1 Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me take out twelve thousand men and this very night I will go after David:
  • Ps 31:13 : 13 False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.
  • Ps 31:18 : 18 Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

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  • Job 16:10-11
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    10 Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me.

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  • Ps 5:9
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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.

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  • Ps 120:2-3
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  • Ps 140:9
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    9 As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.

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

  • Ps 35:19-21
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    19 Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me.

    20 For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit they are designing evil things against the quiet ones in the land.

    21 Their mouths were open wide against me, and they said, Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it.

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    12 Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.

  • 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.

  • Lam 3:62
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    62 The lips of those who came up against me, and their thoughts against me all the day.

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    3 I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.

  • Ps 71:10
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    10 For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,

  • 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,

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  • Ps 17:9
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    9 From the evil-doers who are violent to me, and from those who are round me, desiring my death.

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    20 For they go against you with evil designs, and your haters make sport of your name.

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    13 I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.

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

  • Ps 109:20
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    20 Let this be the reward given to my haters from the Lord, and to those who say evil of my soul.

  • Ps 31:18
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    18 Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

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  • Rom 3:13-14
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    13 Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips:

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    3 O Lord, keep a watch over my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

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    13 False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.

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    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.

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    3 Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)

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    2 See, now my mouth is open, my tongue gives out words.

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    3 For see, they are watching in secret for my soul; the strong have come together against me? but not because of my sin, or my evil-doing, O Lord.

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    4 Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.

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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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    2 Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.

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    7 For without cause they have put a net ready for me secretly, in which to take my soul.

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    7 See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?

  • Prov 12:6
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    6 The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.

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    16 Like men of deceit they put me to shame; the voice of their wrath was loud against me.