Psalms 140:3

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They devise wicked schemes in their hearts and stir up conflicts all day long.

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  • Ps 58:4 : 4 Even from birth, the wicked are estranged; from the womb, they go astray, speaking lies.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 He will send help from heaven and save me; He reproaches those who pursue me. Selah. God will send His steadfast love and His faithfulness.
  • Gen 3:13 : 13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, 'What is this you have done?' The woman said, 'The serpent deceived me, and I ate.'
  • Ps 52:2-3 : 2 When Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul, saying, 'David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.' 3 Why do you boast about evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all day long.
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 They return in the evening, snarling like dogs as they prowl the city.
  • Ps 64:3-4 : 3 Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, from the tumult of those who practice wickedness. 4 They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their words like bitter arrows.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There is one whose rash words are like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
  • Prov 23:32 : 32 In the end, it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper.
  • Isa 59:3-5 : 3 For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with guilt. Your lips have spoken falsehood, and your tongue mutters injustice. 4 No one calls for justice, and no one pleads with integrity. They rely on empty words and speak lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity. 5 They hatch the eggs of vipers and spin spider webs. Whoever eats their eggs dies, and when one is crushed, a viper hatches.
  • Isa 59:13 : 13 We have rebelled and denied the LORD; we have turned away from following our God. We speak of oppression and revolt, conceiving lies and uttering them from the heart.
  • Jer 9:3 : 3 Beware of your neighbor; do not trust even a brother. Every brother utterly deceives, and every friend spreads slander.
  • Jer 9:5 : 5 You live in the midst of deceit, and because of deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
  • Rom 3:13-14 : 13 "Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit." "The venom of vipers is under their lips." 14 Their mouths are full of curses and bitterness.
  • 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I am afraid that, just as the serpent deceived Eve by its cunning, your minds may be led astray from sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
  • Jas 3:6-8 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting the entire course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. 7 Every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no one can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

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    13"Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit." "The venom of vipers is under their lips."

    14Their mouths are full of curses and bitterness.

    15Their feet are swift to shed blood.

  • Ps 64:3-4
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    3Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, from the tumult of those who practice wickedness.

    4They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their words like bitter arrows.

  • Ps 58:4
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    4Even from birth, the wicked are estranged; from the womb, they go astray, speaking lies.

  • Ps 140:2
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    2Rescue me, O LORD, from evil people; protect me from men of violence.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9LORD, lead me in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make Your way straight before me.

  • Ps 140:9
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    9Do not grant the desires of the wicked, O LORD; do not let their plans succeed, lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

  • Ps 52:2-4
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    2When Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul, saying, 'David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.'

    3Why do you boast about evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all day long.

    4Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, you worker of deceit.

  • Ps 59:12
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    12Do not kill them, Lord, or my people will forget. Scatter them by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

  • Jer 9:8
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    8Should I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord. Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and iniquity.

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    9They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut through the earth.

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    4How long will you assault a man? Would you all throw him down—like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?

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    7They return in the evening, snarling like dogs as they prowl the city.

  • Deut 32:33
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    33Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.

  • Job 20:16
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    16He will suck the venom of cobras; the tongue of a viper will kill him.

  • Ps 109:2
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    2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have opened against me; they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2For their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk of trouble.

  • Ps 140:4-5
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    4They sharpen their tongues like serpents; the venom of vipers is under their lips. Selah.

    5Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from men of violence who plot to overthrow my steps.

  • Ps 120:3
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    3What will He give you, and what more will He do to you, deceitful tongue?

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    8But God will shoot them with an arrow; suddenly, they will be struck down.

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    72%

    8but no one can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

  • Ps 12:2-3
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    2Help, LORD, for the godly have vanished; the faithful have disappeared from among humanity.

    3Everyone speaks falsehood to their neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

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    3For behold, your enemies are in an uproar; those who hate you have lifted up their heads in rebellion.

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    32In the end, it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper.

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    18O LORD, let me not be put to shame, for I have called out to you. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them be silent in the grave.

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  • Ps 22:13
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    13Many bulls surround me; strong ones of Bashan encircle me.

  • Ps 38:12
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    6Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let Your glory be over all the earth.

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    22They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.

  • Ps 35:20
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    20For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

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    5You live in the midst of deceit, and because of deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.

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    21He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; he has violated his covenant.

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    14The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and the needy, to slaughter those whose ways are upright.