Psalms 52:4

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

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  • Ps 120:3 : 3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
  • Jas 3:6-9 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. 7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
  • 1 Sam 22:18-19 : 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

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    1Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

    2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

    3Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

  • Ps 52:5
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    5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

  • Ps 50:19-20
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    19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

    20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

  • Ps 120:2-3
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    2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

    3What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

  • Ps 5:4-6
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    4For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

    5The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

    6Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

  • Job 15:5-6
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    5For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

    6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

  • Prov 26:28
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    28A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

  • Prov 23:8
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    8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

  • Ps 5:9-10
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    9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

    10Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

  • Ps 12:2-3
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    2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

    3The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

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    13Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

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    12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

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    4A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

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    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

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    16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

    17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

  • Ps 62:3-4
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    3How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

    4They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

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    4Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

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    2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

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    24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;

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    3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

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    12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;

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    20For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

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    17But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

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    5And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

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    22Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.

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    4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

  • Rom 3:13-14
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    13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

    14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

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    7Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

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    24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

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    8Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

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    20He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

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    18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

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    19The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

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    36Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

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    118Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.

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    8Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

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    13That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?