Psalms 73:9

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

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  • Rev 13:6 : 6 It opened its mouth to blaspheme against God, to slander His name, His dwelling, and those who dwell in heaven.
  • Exod 5:2 : 2 But Pharaoh replied, "Who is the Lord that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and I will not let Israel go."
  • 2 Chr 32:15 : 15 Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you in this way, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or the hand of my ancestors. How much less will your God save you from my hand?
  • Job 21:14 : 14 Yet they say to God, 'Depart from us! We have no desire to know your ways.'
  • Ps 52:4 : 4 Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, you worker of deceit.
  • Dan 3:15 : 15 Now, if you are ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the statue I made, very good. But if you do not worship it, you will immediately be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace. And who is the god who can rescue you from my hands?'
  • Dan 7:25 : 25 He will speak words against the Most High, oppress the holy ones of the Most High, and plan to change times and laws. The holy ones will be handed over to him for a time, times, and half a time.
  • Luke 18:4 : 4 For a while, he refused. But later, he said to himself, 'Even though I do not fear God or respect people, I will give her justice.'
  • Jas 3:6 : 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.

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  • Ps 73:6-8
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    6 Therefore, pride is their necklace; violence clothes them like a garment.

    7 Their eyes bulge from fatness; their imaginations overflow with malice.

    8 They scoff and speak with malice; with arrogance, they threaten oppression.

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

  • Rom 3:13-15
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    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.

    15 Their feet are swift to shed blood.

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

  • Ps 17:10-11
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    10 They close up their hearts to compassion; they speak with arrogance.

    11 They track my every step; they surround me and set their eyes to bring me down to the ground.

  • 3 Beware of your neighbor; do not trust even a brother. Every brother utterly deceives, and every friend spreads slander.

  • Ps 5:9-10
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    9 LORD, lead me in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make Your way straight before me.

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

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

  • Ps 73:10-11
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    10 Therefore His people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance.

    11 They say, 'How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?'

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

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

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

  • 3 Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, from the tumult of those who practice wickedness.

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

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

  • 4 They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers boast.

  • 9 The look on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom, they openly declare their sin; they do not try to conceal it. Woe to them! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.

  • 4 Whom are you mocking? Against whom do you open wide your mouth and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of rebellion, offspring of deceit?

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

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    2 The kings of the earth take their stand, and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.

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

  • Ps 12:2-4
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    2 Help, LORD, for the godly have vanished; the faithful have disappeared from among humanity.

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

    4 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks with arrogance.

  • 17 They have ears but cannot hear; there is no breath in their mouths.

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

  • 18 O 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.

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

  • 19 You let your mouth speak evil, and your tongue devises deceit.

  • 10 They gape at me with their mouths; they strike my cheeks in scorn and together they conspire against me.

  • 13 That you turn your spirit against God and let words escape from your mouth?

  • 12 Her rich men are full of violence; her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.

  • 20 They speak of You with evil intent; Your adversaries misuse Your name.

  • 18 Surely, You place them on slippery ground; You cast them down to destruction.

  • 24 Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their bodies always shake and tremble.

  • 10 Confuse, O Lord, and divide their speech, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

  • 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.

  • 7 They have hands but cannot touch, feet but cannot walk, nor can they make a sound with their throats.

  • 8 Whose mouths speak falsehood and whose right hand is a right hand of deception.

  • 3 Day after day they pour forth speech, and night after night they reveal knowledge.

  • 9 You set a boundary they cannot cross; they will never again cover the earth.

  • 3 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.

  • 5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.