Psalms 41:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If one comes to see me, deceit is in his heart; he keeps a store of evil, which he makes public in every place.

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  • Ps 12:2 : 2 Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.
  • Prov 26:24-26 : 24 With his lips the hater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him; 25 When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils: 26 Though his hate is covered with deceit, his sin will be seen openly before the meeting of the people.
  • Jer 20:10 : 10 For numbers of them say evil secretly in my hearing (there is fear on every side): they say, Come, let us give witness against him; all my nearest friends, who are watching for my fall, say, It may be that he will be taken by deceit, and we will get the better of him and give him punishment.
  • Dan 11:27 : 27 And as for these two kings, their hearts will be fixed on doing evil and they will say false words at one table; but it will come to nothing: for the end will be at the time fixed.
  • Mic 7:5-7 : 5 Put no faith in a friend, do not let your hope be placed in a relation: keep watch on the doors of your mouth against her who is resting on your breast. 6 For the son puts shame on his father, the daughter goes against her mother and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man's haters are those of his family. 7 But as for me, I am looking to the Lord; I am waiting for the God of my salvation: the ears of my God will be open to me.
  • Luke 11:53-54 : 53 And when he had come out of that place, the scribes and the Pharisees came round him angrily, questioning him about more things; 54 And watching him, for a chance to get something from his words which might be used against him.
  • Luke 20:20-23 : 20 And they kept watch on him, and sent out secret representatives, who were acting the part of good men, in order that they might get something from his words, on account of which they might give him up to the government and into the power of the ruler. 21 And they put a question to him, saying, Master, we are certain that your teaching and your words are right, and that you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God: 22 Is it right for us to make payment of taxes to Caesar or not? 23 But he saw through their trick and said to them,
  • 2 Cor 11:26 : 26 In frequent travels, in dangers on rivers, in dangers from outlaws, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the town, in dangers in the waste land, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brothers;
  • Neh 6:1-9 : 1 Now when word was given to Sanballat and Tobiah and to Geshem the Arabian and to the rest of our haters, that I had done the building of the wall and that there were no more broken places in it (though even then I had not put up the doors in the doorways); 2 Sanballat and Geshem sent to me saying, Come, let us have a meeting in one of the little towns in the lowland of Ono. But their purpose was to do me evil. 3 And I sent men to them saying, I am doing a great work, so that it is not possible for me to come down: is the work to be stopped while I go away from it and come down to you? 4 And four times they sent to me in this way, and I sent them the same answer. 5 Then Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time with an open letter in his hand; 6 And in it these words were recorded: It is said among the nations, and Geshem says so, that you and the Jews are hoping to make yourselves free from the king's authority; and that this is why you are building the wall: and they say that it is your purpose to be their king; 7 And that you have prophets preaching about you in Jerusalem, and saying, There is a king in Judah: now an account of these things will be sent to the king. So come now, and let us have a discussion. 8 Then I sent to him, saying, No such things as you say are being done, they are only a fiction you have made up yourself. 9 For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work so that it may not get done. But now, O God, make my hands strong. 10 And I went to the house of Shemaiah, the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us have a meeting in the house of God, inside the Temple, and let the doors be shut: for they will come to put you to death; truly, in the night they will come to put you to death. 11 And I said, Am I the sort of man to go in flight? what man, in my position, would go into the Temple to keep himself safe? I will not go in. 12 Then it became clear to me that God had not sent him: he had given this word of a prophet against me himself: and Tobiah and Sanballat had given him money to do so. 13 For this reason they had given him money, in order that I might be overcome by fear and do what he said and do wrong, and so they would have reason to say evil about me and put shame on me. 14 Keep in mind, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat and what they did, and Noadiah, the woman prophet, and the rest of the prophets whose purpose was to put fear into me.

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  • Prov 6:14-15
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    19 He who goes about talking of the business of others gives away secrets: so have nothing to do with him whose lips are open wide.

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    18 Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

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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.

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    10 See, he is looking for something against me; in his eyes I am as one of his haters;

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    7 All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...

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    19 So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?

  • Prov 18:3
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    3 When the evil-doer comes, a low opinion comes with him, and with the loss of honour comes shame.

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

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    41 All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.

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    5 If I have gone in false ways, or my foot has been quick in working deceit;

  • Prov 6:18-19
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    18 A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;

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    13 He who goes about talking of others makes secrets public, but the true-hearted man keeps things covered.

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    8 The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, and go down into the inner parts of the stomach.

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    22 The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, they go down into the inner parts of the stomach.

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    5 They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,

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    14 That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.

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    4 In wind it came and to the dark it will go, and with the dark will its name be covered.

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    11 One has gone out from you who is designing evil against the Lord, whose purposes are of no value.

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    6 They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.

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    28 A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.

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    20 Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

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    2 For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.

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    5 A man who says smooth things to his neighbour is stretching out a net for his steps.

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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,

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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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    5 As for him who is false to his friend for a reward, light will be cut off from the eyes of his children.