Job 15:5

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • Ps 50:16-20
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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?

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

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

    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.

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    2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, 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.

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

  • 3 For 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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    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.

    10 Destroy 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.

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

  • 7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

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

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

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

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

  • 6 Suffer 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?

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    31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

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

  • 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy li from speaking guile.

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

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

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

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

  • 4 Against 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,

  • 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • 20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

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

  • 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

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

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

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

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

  • 25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.

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

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

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