Psalms 36:3

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Ps 55:21 : 21 [The words] of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war [was] in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet [were] they drawn swords.
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people [is] foolish, they have not known me; they [are] sottish children, and they have none understanding: they [are] wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
  • Ps 10:7 : 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.
  • Ps 12:2-3 : 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak. 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things:
  • Zeph 1:6 : 6 And them that are turned back from the LORD; and [those] that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.
  • Matt 22:15-18 : 15 ¶ Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in [his] talk. 16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any [man]: for thou regardest not the person of men. 17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? 18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, ‹Why tempt ye me,› [ye] ‹hypocrites?›
  • Matt 22:35 : 35 Then one of them, [which was] a lawyer, asked [him a question], tempting him, and saying,
  • Heb 10:39 : 39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would [no doubt] have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
  • Ps 58:3 : 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
  • Ps 94:8 : 8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when will ye be wise?
  • Ps 125:5 : 5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: [but] peace [shall be] upon Israel.
  • Ps 140:3 : 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison [is] under their lips. Selah.
  • 1 Sam 11:6-9 : 6 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly. 7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent [them] throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent. 8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. 9 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by [that time] the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed [it] to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad. 10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you. 11 And it was [so] on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together. 12 ¶ And the people said unto Samuel, Who [is] he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death. 13 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.
  • 1 Sam 13:13-14 : 13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. 14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him [to be] captain over his people, because thou hast not kept [that] which the LORD commanded thee.
  • 1 Sam 15:26 : 26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
  • 1 Sam 16:14 : 14 ¶ But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
  • 1 Sam 18:21 : 21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in [the one of] the twain.
  • 1 Sam 19:6-7 : 6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, [As] the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain. 7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.
  • 1 Sam 26:21 : 21 ¶ Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
  • Ps 5:9 : 9 For [there is] no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part [is] very wickedness; their throat [is] an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

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    4He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way [that is] not good; he abhorreth not evil.

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  • Ps 36:1-2
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  • Prov 16:30
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    30He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

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

  • Prov 6:14-15
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  • Job 20:12-13
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  • Isa 31:2
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    30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

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    19So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

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

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    74%

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

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

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

  • Ps 5:9
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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.

  • Ps 41:6
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    6And if he come to see [me], he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; [when] he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].

  • Prov 19:3
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    3¶ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

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    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

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    30The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

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    3And 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.

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    3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.

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    11Wickedness [is] in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.