Psalms 73:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Rev 13:6 : 6 And his mouth was open to say evil against God, and against his name and his Tent, even against those who are in heaven.
  • Exod 5:2 : 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, to whose voice I am to give ear and let Israel go? I have no knowledge of the Lord and I will not let Israel go.
  • 2 Chr 32:15 : 15 So do not be tricked by Hezekiah or let him get you to do this, and do not put any faith in what he says: for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to keep his people safe from my hands, or the hands of my fathers: how much less will your God keep you safe from my hands!
  • Job 21:14 : 14 Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways.
  • Ps 52:4 : 4 Destruction is in all your words, O false tongue.
  • Dan 3:15 : 15 Now if you are ready, on hearing the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all sorts of instruments, to go down on your faces in worship before the image which I have made, it is well: but if you will not give worship, that same hour you will be put into a burning and flaming fire; and what god is there who will be able to take you out of my hands?
  • Dan 7:25 : 25 And he will say words against the Most High, attempting to put an end to the saints of the Most High; and he will have the idea of changing times and law; and the saints will be given into his hands for a time and times and half a time.
  • Luke 18:4 : 4 And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man,
  • Jas 3:6 : 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.

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    6 For this reason pride is round them like a chain; they are clothed with violent behaviour as with a robe.

    7 Their eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than their heart's desire.

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  • 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,

  • Rom 3:13-15
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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:

    15 Their feet are quick in running after blood;

  • Ps 59:7
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    7 See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?

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

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  • Jer 9:3
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    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 5:9-10
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    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 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.

  • Ps 73:10-11
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    10 For this reason they are full of bread; and water is ever flowing for them.

    11 And they say, How will the Lord see this? is there knowledge in the Most High?

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

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

  • Ps 64:3
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    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 64:8
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    8 The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.

  • Ps 94:4
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    4 Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.

  • Isa 3:9
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    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.

  • 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,

  • 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 2:2
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    2 The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying,

  • Jer 9:5
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    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.

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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.

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

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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.)

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

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    20 For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit they are designing evil things against the quiet ones in the land.

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    19 You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit.

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    10 Their 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.

  • Job 15:13
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    13 So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?

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    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.

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

  • Ps 73:18
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    18 You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.

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    24 Let your curse come on them; let the heat of your wrath overtake them.

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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.

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

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

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    3 There are no words or language; their voice makes no sound.

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    9 You made a limit over which they might not go, so that the earth would never again be covered by them.

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

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