Psalms 52:5

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You love evil more than good, and falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.

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  • Prov 2:22 : 22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be uprooted from it.
  • Ps 27:13 : 13 I am confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
  • Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a luxuriant native tree. 36 Yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched for him, he could not be found.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 Cast your burden upon the LORD, and He will sustain you. He will never let the righteous be shaken.
  • Ps 64:7-9 : 7 They devise unjust schemes, saying, 'We have perfected a cunning plan!'; truly the inward mind and heart of man are deep. 8 But God will shoot them with an arrow; suddenly, they will be struck down. 9 Their own tongues will cause their downfall; all who see them will shake their heads. 10 All mankind will fear and proclaim the works of God, and they will ponder what He has done.
  • Ps 116:9 : 9 I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
  • Ps 120:2-4 : 2 LORD, deliver my soul from lying lips and a deceitful tongue. 3 What will He give you, and what more will He do to you, deceitful tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of a warrior, along with burning coals of the broom tree.
  • Ps 140:9-9 : 9 Do not grant the desires of the wicked, O LORD; do not let their plans succeed, lest they exalt themselves. Selah. 10 May the heads of those who surround me be covered with the trouble their lips have caused. 11 May burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into deep pits, never to rise again.
  • Job 18:14 : 14 He is uprooted from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.
  • Job 20:6-7 : 6 Even if his greatness rises to the heavens and his head reaches to the clouds, 7 he will perish forever like his own waste; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
  • Ps 7:14-16 : 14 He has prepared His deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts. 15 Behold, the wicked conceives evil, is pregnant with mischief, and gives birth to lies. 16 They dig a pit and hollow it out, only to fall into the hole they have made.
  • Prov 12:19 : 19 Truthful speech endures forever, but a lying tongue lasts only for a moment.
  • Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will not escape.
  • Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who breathes out lies will perish.
  • Isa 22:19 : 19 I will depose you from your office, and you will be ousted from your position.
  • Isa 38:11 : 11 I said, "I will not see the LORD, the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on humanity or be with those who dwell in the world of the dead."
  • Luke 16:27-28 : 27 He said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house, 28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so they will not also come to this place of torment.'
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But as for the cowardly, the unbelieving, the detestable, murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 52:1-4
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    1For the director of music, a contemplative psalm of David.

    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.

  • 6You love all words that destroy, O deceitful tongue.

  • 16His roots below will dry up, and his branches above will wither.

  • 7A senseless person does not know, and a fool does not understand this:

  • Ps 9:5-6
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    5For you have upheld my cause, my right; you sit on your throne judging righteously.

    6You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have erased their name forever and ever.

  • 10For there is no truth in their mouths; their hearts are filled with destruction. Their throats are open graves; they flatter with their tongues.

  • 3Truly He is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will never be shaken.

  • Isa 14:19-20
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    19but you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, clothed with the slain, those pierced by the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit, like a corpse trampled underfoot.

    20You will not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land and slain your people. The offspring of evildoers will never be remembered.

  • Ps 73:18-19
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    18Surely, You place them on slippery ground; You cast them down to destruction.

    19How suddenly they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!

  • 22But the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be uprooted from it.

  • 17But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; justice and judgment take hold of you.

  • Ps 21:9-10
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    9Your hand will find all Your enemies; Your right hand will discover those who hate You.

    10You will make them like a fiery furnace in the time of Your presence; the LORD will swallow them in His anger, and fire will consume them.

  • Isa 22:17-19
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    17Behold, the LORD is about to hurl you away violently, O strong man! He will wrap you up tightly.

    18He will surely roll you into a ball and hurl you into a vast land. There you will die, and your splendid chariots will become a disgrace to your master's house.

    19I will depose you from your office, and you will be ousted from your position.

  • 25Pour out your indignation on them, and let your fierce anger overtake them.

  • 14He is uprooted from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.

  • 15But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the depths of the pit.

  • Ps 59:12-13
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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.

    13For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride. For the curses and lies they utter,

  • 16The root your right hand has planted, the son you have raised up for yourself.

  • 28But rebels and sinners will be destroyed together, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.

  • 23Cast your burden upon the LORD, and He will sustain you. He will never let the righteous be shaken.

  • 27Those who are far from You will perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.

  • 4You who tear yourself in anger—for your sake should the earth be abandoned, and the rock moved from its place?

  • 21You will be protected from the scourge of the tongue, and you will not fear destruction when it comes.

  • 30He will not escape from darkness; a flame will dry up his branch, and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away.

  • 15We used to share close communion together; we walked with the crowd in the house of God.

  • 14The Lord has given a command concerning you, Nineveh: 'Your name will no longer be perpetuated. Out of the house of your gods I will destroy the carved image and the cast idol. I will prepare your grave, for you are vile.'

  • 15There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down. It will consume you like the young locusts. Multiply yourselves like locusts; increase yourselves like swarming locusts.

  • 63Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so it will please Him to ruin and destroy you. You will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.

  • 21'I will bring you to a horrible end and you will no longer exist. Though you are sought, you will never be found again,' declares the Lord GOD.

  • 22It hurls itself against him without mercy; he flees desperately from its power.

  • 22Your enemies will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will no longer exist.

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    6The arrogant cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all evildoers.

  • 38But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.

  • 11Why do You hold back Your hand, even Your right hand? Take it from Your bosom and destroy them!

  • 44You have turned back the edge of his sword and have not supported him in battle.

  • 38You will perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies will consume you.

  • 66You will pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.

  • 11I handed it over to a mighty ruler among the nations; he dealt with it according to its wickedness. I drove it out.

  • 10I am mute; I will not open my mouth because You have done this.

  • 22Consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver.