Job 15:5

Authorized King James Version (1611)

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 5:13 : 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
  • Job 9:22-24 : 22 ¶ This [is] one [thing], therefore I said [it], He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. 23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent. 24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, [and] who [is] he?
  • Job 12:6 : 6 ¶ The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly].
  • Ps 50:19-20 : 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. 20 Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
  • Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. 3 Thou lovest evil more than good; [and] lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. 4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O [thou] deceitful tongue.
  • Ps 64:3 : 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:
  • Ps 120:2-3 : 2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, [and] from a deceitful tongue. 3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
  • Jer 9:3-5 : 3 And they bend their tongues [like] their bow [for] lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. 4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders. 5 And 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.
  • Jer 9:8 : 8 Their 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.
  • Mark 7:21-22 : 21 ‹For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,› 22 ‹Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:›
  • Luke 6:45 : 45 ‹A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.›
  • Jas 1:26 : 26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion [is] vain.
  • Jas 3:5-8 : 5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 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.

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

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    16¶ But 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.

    18When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.

    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 52:2-4
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    2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

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

    4Thou lovest all devouring words, O [thou] deceitful tongue.

  • Job 15:13
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    13That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest [such] words go out of thy mouth?

  • Isa 59:3
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    3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.

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

  • Prov 8:7
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    7For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips.

  • Ps 59:12
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    12[For] 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.

  • Job 15:4
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    4Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.

  • Prov 6:2
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    2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

  • Eccl 5:6
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    6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it [was] an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

  • Prov 10:31-32
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    31¶ The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

    32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] frowardness.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

  • Job 11:5
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    5But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

  • Prov 15:2
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    2¶ The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

  • Job 13:7
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    7Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

  • Prov 17:4
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    4¶ A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

  • Isa 57:4
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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,

  • Rom 3:14
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    14Whose mouth [is] full of cursing and bitterness:

  • Job 20:12
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    12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, [though] he hide it under his tongue;

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

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

  • Ps 144:8
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    8Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood.

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    28¶ A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

  • Jer 9:5
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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.

  • Ps 37:30
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    30The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

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    71%

    30Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?

  • Ps 109:2
    71%

    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.

  • Prov 5:2
    71%

    2That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge.

  • Prov 10:20
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    20¶ The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the heart of the wicked [is] little worth.

  • Prov 15:4
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    4¶ A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit.

  • Matt 12:37
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    37‹For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.›

  • Ps 73:9
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    9They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

  • Jer 4:18
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    18Thy way and thy doings have procured these [things] unto thee; this [is] thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.

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    12¶ A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

  • Jer 5:25
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    25¶ Your iniquities have turned away these [things], and your sins have withholden good [things] from you.

  • Job 36:17
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    17But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].

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

  • Prov 30:32
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    32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] thine hand upon thy mouth.