Psalms 59:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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  • Prov 12:13 : 13 In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.
  • Prov 18:7 : 7 The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.
  • Hos 4:2 : 2 There is cursing and broken faith, violent death and attacks on property, men are untrue in married life, houses are broken into, and there is blood touching blood.
  • Matt 12:36-37 : 36 And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said. 37 For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged.
  • Ps 10:2 : 2 The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.
  • Ps 10:7 : 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.
  • Ps 120:3-4 : 3 What punishment will he give you? what more will he do to you, you false tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of the strong, and burning fire.
  • Ps 140:9-9 : 9 As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips. 10 Let burning flames come down on them: let them be put into the fire, and into deep waters, so that they may not get up again.
  • Prov 6:2 : 2 You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.
  • Prov 11:6 : 6 The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.
  • Ps 64:7-8 : 7 But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded. 8 The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.
  • Ps 79:12 : 12 And give punishment seven times over into the breast of our neighbours for the bitter words which they have said against you, O Lord.
  • Ps 109:17-18 : 17 As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him. 18 He put on cursing like a robe, and it has come into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.
  • Matt 27:25 : 25 And all the people made answer and said, Let his blood be on us, and on our children.
  • Matt 27:63 : 63 Saying, Sir, we have in mind how that false man said, while he was still living, After three days I will come again from the dead.
  • Luke 23:5 : 5 But they became more violent than before, saying, He has made trouble among the people, teaching through all Judaea from Galilee to this place.
  • Zeph 3:11 : 11 In that day you will have no shame on account of all the things in which you did evil against me: for then I will take away from among you those who were lifted up in pride, and you will no longer be lifted up with pride in my holy mountain.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 140:9-10
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    81%

    9 As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.

    10 Let burning flames come down on them: let them be put into the fire, and into deep waters, so that they may not get up again.

  • Ps 59:13
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    13 Put an end to them in your wrath, put an end to them, so that they may not be seen again; let them see that God is ruling in Jacob and to the ends of the earth. (Selah.)

  • Ps 73:8-9
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    8 Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.

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

  • Ps 5:9-10
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    79%

    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 59:7
    79%

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

  • 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.

  • 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:

    14 Whose mouth is full of curses and bitter words:

  • Ps 59:11
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    11 Put them not to death, for so my people will keep the memory of them: let them be sent in all directions by your power; make them low, O Lord our saviour.

  • Ps 12:2-4
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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.

    4 They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our lips are ours: who is lord over us?

  • Ps 62:4
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    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 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 140:3
    76%

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

  • Ps 64:8
    76%

    8 The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.

  • Ps 17:10-11
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    76%

    10 They are shut up in their fat: with their mouths they say words of pride.

    11 They have made a circle round our steps: their eyes are fixed on us, forcing us down to the earth;

  • Ps 109:2
    76%

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

  • Jer 9:3
    75%

    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.

  • Isa 59:13
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    13 We have gone against the Lord, and been false to him, turning away from our God, our words have been uncontrolled, and in our hearts are thoughts of deceit.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Jer 18:23
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    23 But you, Lord, have knowledge of all the designs which they have made against my life; let not their evil-doing be covered or their sin be washed away from before your eyes: but let it be a cause of falling before you: so do to them in the time of your wrath.

  • Ps 69:24
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    24 Let your curse come on them; let the heat of your wrath overtake them.

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

  • Ps 58:6
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    6 O God, let their teeth be broken in their mouths; let the great teeth of the young lions be pulled out, O Lord.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19 You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit.

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

  • Ps 64:3
    74%

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

  • Ps 149:6
    73%

    6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hands;

  • Ps 63:11
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    11 But the king will have joy in God; everyone who takes an oath by him will have cause for pride; but the false mouth will be stopped.

  • Ps 35:25
    73%

    25 Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him.

  • Lam 3:65
    73%

    65 You will let their hearts be covered over with your curse on them.

  • Ps 69:22
    73%

    22 Let their table before them be for their destruction; let their feasts become a net to take them.

  • Isa 57:4
    73%

    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 59:3
    73%

    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.

  • Ps 69:27
    73%

    27 Let their punishment be increased; let them not come into your righteousness.

  • Isa 3:9
    73%

    9 Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.

  • Ps 109:15
    73%

    15 Let them be ever before the eyes of the Lord, so that the memory of them may be cut off from the earth.

  • Hos 4:8
    73%

    8 The sin of my people is like food to them; and their desire is for their wrongdoing.

  • Mic 6:12
    73%

    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 35:8
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    8 Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.

  • Ps 55:15
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    15 Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.

  • Ps 120:3
    73%

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

  • Jer 9:8
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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.

  • Ps 10:2
    73%

    2 The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.