Psalms 59:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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 10:11 : 11 He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it.
  • Prov 15:2 : 2 Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.
  • 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 73:11 : 11 And they say, How will the Lord see this? is there knowledge in the Most High?
  • Ps 94:4 : 4 Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.
  • Ps 94:7-9 : 7 And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it. 8 Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise? 9 Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?
  • Ps 109:2-3 : 2 For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me. 3 Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause.
  • Ps 10:13 : 13 Why has the evil-doer a low opinion of God, saying in his heart, You will not make search for it?
  • Ps 55:21 : 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.
  • Ps 64:3-5 : 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,
  • Job 22:12-13 : 12 Is not God as high as heaven? and see the stars, how high they are! 13 And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?
  • 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 33:24 : 24 Have you taken note of what these people have said, The two families, which the Lord took for himself, he has given up? This they say, looking down on my people as being, in their eyes, no longer a nation.
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.

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  • Ps 59:12
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    12Because 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,

  • Ps 73:7-9
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    7Their eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than their heart's desire.

    8Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.

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

  • Ps 59:6
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    6They come back in the evening; they make a noise like a dog, and go round the town.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9For 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 135:16-17
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    16They have mouths, but no voice, they have eyes, but they do not see;

    17They have ears, but no hearing; and there is no breath in their mouths.

  • Jer 9:3
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    3Their 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 64:3
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    3Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;

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

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

  • Ps 59:8
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    8But you are laughing at them, O Lord; you will make sport of all the nations.

  • Ps 17:10-11
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    10They are shut up in their fat: with their mouths they say words of pride.

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

  • Mic 7:16
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    16The nations will see and be shamed because of all their strength; they will put their hands on their mouths, their ears will be stopped.

  • Jer 9:8
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    8His 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.

  • Rom 3:13-14
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    13Their 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:

    14Whose mouth is full of curses and bitter words:

  • Jer 50:36
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    36A sword is on the men of pride, and they will become foolish: a sword is on her men of war, and they will be broken.

  • Ps 64:8
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    8The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.

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

  • Ps 109:2
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    2For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.

  • Lam 2:16
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    16All your haters are opening their mouths wide against you; making hisses and whistling through their teeth, they say, We have made a meal of her: certainly this is the day we have been looking for; it has come, we have seen it.

  • Mic 3:5
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    5This is what the Lord has said about the prophets by whom my people have been turned from the right way; who, biting with their teeth, say, Peace; and if anyone puts nothing in their mouths they make ready for war against him.

  • Jer 6:23
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    23Bows and spears are in their hands; they are cruel and have no mercy; their voice is like the thunder of the sea, and they go on horses; everyone in his place like men going to the fight, against you, O daughter of Zion.

  • Ps 12:2-4
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    2Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.

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

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

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

  • Ps 149:6
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    6Let the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hands;

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

  • Isa 57:4
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    4Of 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 35:20-21
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    20For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit they are designing evil things against the quiet ones in the land.

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

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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.

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

  • Job 16:10
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    10Their 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.

  • Jer 5:16
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    16Their arrows give certain death, they are all men of war.

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

  • Ps 37:14
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    14The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.

  • Ps 59:14-15
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    14And in the evening let them come back, and make a noise like a dog, and go round the town.

    15Let them go wandering up and down in search of food, and be there all night if they have not enough.

  • Isa 5:29
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    29The sound of their armies will be like the voice of a lion, and their war-cry like the noise of young lions: with loud cries they will come down on their food and will take it away safely, and there will be no one to take it out of their hands.

  • Prov 30:14
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    14There 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.

  • Ps 115:7
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    7They have hands without feeling, and feet without power of walking; and no sound comes from their throat.

  • Ps 55:10
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    10By day and night they go round the town, on the walls; trouble and sorrow are in the heart of it.

  • Jer 9:5
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    5Everyone 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 62:4
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    4Their 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 30:28
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    28And his breath is as an overflowing stream, coming up even to the neck, shaking the nations for their destruction, like the shaking of grain in a basket: and he will put a cord in the mouths of the people, turning them out of their way.