Psalms 52:4

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Destruction is in all your words, O false tongue.

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  • Ps 120:3 : 3 What punishment will he give you? what more will he do to you, you false tongue?
  • Jas 3:6-9 : 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. 9 With it we give praise to our Lord and Father; and with it we put a curse on men who are made in God's image.
  • 1 Sam 22:18-19 : 18 Then the king said to Doeg, You are to put the priests to death. And Doeg the Edomite, turning on the priests and attacking them, put to death that day eighty-five men who took up the ephod. 19 And Nob, the town of the priests, he put to the sword, all the men and women, children and babies at the breast, and oxen and asses and sheep.

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  • Ps 52:1-3
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    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?

    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.)

  • Ps 52:5
    81%

    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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    80%

    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 120:2-3
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    77%

    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 5:4-6
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    76%

    4 For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wrongdoing; there is no evil with you.

    5 The sons of pride have no place before you; you are a hater of all workers of evil.

    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 15:5-6
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    5 For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.

    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.

  • Prov 26:28
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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.

  • 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.

  • 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 5:9-10
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    73%

    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 12:2-3
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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.

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

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

  • 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,

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Ps 50:16-17
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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.

  • Ps 62:3-4
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    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.)

  • 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,

  • 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 26:24
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    24 With his lips the hater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him;

  • Ps 140:3
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    3 Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)

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

  • Ps 139:20
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    20 For they go against you with evil designs, and your haters make sport of your name.

  • Job 36:17
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    17 ...

  • Jer 9:5
    70%

    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.

  • Prov 12:22
    70%

    22 False lips are hated by the Lord, but those whose acts are true are his delight.

  • Prov 15:4
    70%

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

  • Rom 3:13-14
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    70%

    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:

    14 Whose mouth is full of curses and bitter words:

  • Job 13:7
    70%

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

  • Prov 4:24
    70%

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

  • Jer 9:8
    70%

    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.

  • Prov 17:20
    69%

    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 31:18
    69%

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

  • Prov 12:19
    69%

    19 True lips are certain for ever, but a false tongue is only for a minute.

  • Ps 78:36
    69%

    36 But their lips were false to him, and their tongues were untrue to him;

  • Ps 119:118
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    118 You have overcome all those who are wandering from your rules; for all their thoughts are false.

  • Ps 144:8
    69%

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

  • Job 15:13
    69%

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