Psalms 52:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.
  • Ps 50:19 : 19 You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit.
  • Ps 64:2-6 : 2 Keep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers; from the band of the workers of evil; 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. 5 They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it, 6 Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.
  • Ps 109:2 : 2 For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.
  • Ps 120:2 : 2 O Lord, be the saviour of my soul from false lips, and from the tongue of deceit.
  • Ps 140:2-3 : 2 For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war. 3 Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)
  • Prov 6:16-19 : 16 Six things are hated by the Lord; seven things are disgusting to him: 17 Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause; 18 A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin; 19 A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.
  • Prov 30:14 : 14 There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.
  • Jer 9:3-4 : 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.
  • Jer 18:18 : 18 Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.
  • Matt 26:59 : 59 Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death;
  • Acts 6:11-13 : 11 Then they got men to say, He has said evil against Moses and against God, in our hearing. 12 And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin, 13 And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:
  • Acts 24:1 : 1 And after five days, the high priest, Ananias, came with certain of the rulers, and an expert talker, one Tertullus; and they made a statement to Felix against Paul.
  • Acts 24:5 : 5 For this man, in our opinion, is a cause of trouble, a maker of attacks on the government among Jews through all the empire, and a chief mover in the society of the Nazarenes:
  • 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.
  • 2 Cor 11:13 : 13 For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ.
  • Rev 12:10 : 10 And a great voice in heaven came to my ears, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: because he who says evil against our brothers before our God day and night is forced down.

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  • Ps 52:3-5
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    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.

    5 But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.)

  • Ps 50:19-20
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    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 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.

  • Ps 52:1
    78%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of David. When Doeg the Edomite came to Saul saying, David has come to the house of Ahimelech.> Why do you take pride in wrongdoing, lifting yourself up against the upright man all the day?

  • Job 15:5
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    5 For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.

  • Ps 120:3
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    3 What punishment will he give you? what more will he do to you, you false tongue?

  • Ps 140:2-3
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    2 For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war.

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

  • Jer 9:8
    76%

    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.

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

  • Ps 64:3
    75%

    3 Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;

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

  • Ps 5:9
    74%

    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.

  • Ps 36:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

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

    4 He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.

  • Prov 26:28
    74%

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

  • Jer 9:5
    74%

    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.

  • Ps 12:2-3
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    74%

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

    3 The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.

  • Ps 109:2
    74%

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

  • Prov 6:14
    73%

    14 His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.

  • Prov 12:18
    73%

    18 There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.

  • Isa 32:7
    73%

    7 The designs of the false are evil, purposing the destruction of the poor man by false words, even when he is in the right.

  • Isa 59:3
    73%

    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.

  • Prov 17:4
    73%

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

  • Prov 12:20
    72%

    20 Deceit is in the heart of those whose designs are evil, but for those purposing peace there is joy.

  • Rom 3:13
    72%

    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:

  • Prov 17:20
    72%

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

  • Ps 55:21
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    21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.

  • Prov 16:30
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    30 He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.

  • Ps 59:12
    72%

    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,

  • Prov 24:8
    72%

    8 He whose purposes are bad will be named a man of evil designs.

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

  • Ps 38:12
    72%

    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 62:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3 How long will you go on designing evil against a man? running against him as against a broken wall, which is on the point of falling?

    4 Their only thought is to put him down from his place of honour; their delight is in deceit: blessing is in their mouths but cursing in their hearts. (Selah.)

  • Ps 37:12
    72%

    12 The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.

  • Ps 5:6
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    6 You will send destruction on those whose words are false; the cruel man and the man of deceit are hated by the Lord.

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

  • Isa 57:4
    72%

    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,

  • Ps 144:8
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    8 In whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.

  • Prov 6:18
    71%

    18 A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;

  • Mic 6:12
    71%

    12 For its men of wealth are cruel, and its people have said what is not true, and their tongue is false in their mouth.

  • Ps 21:11
    71%

    11 For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.

  • Prov 25:18
    71%

    18 One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.

  • Jer 9:3
    71%

    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.

  • Ps 58:2
    71%

    2 The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.