Psalms 36:3

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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 li and with a double heart do they speak. 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering li, 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 inquired 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 li. 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 Jabesh-gilead, 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

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

  • Ps 36:1-2
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    1 To the chief Musician, A alm of David the servant of the LORD. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

    2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.

  • 30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

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

  • Prov 6:14-15
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    14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

    15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

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

  • Job 20:12-13
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    12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;

    13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:

  • 2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

  • 27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

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

  • 30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

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

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

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

  • Ps 52:2-3
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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.

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

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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.

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

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

  • Isa 32:6-7
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    6 For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

    7 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

  • 10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

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    18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

    19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

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

    14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

  • 8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

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    12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

    13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • 1 To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A alm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

  • 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.

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

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

  • 3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

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

  • 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.

  • 26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.

  • 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering li and with a double heart do they speak.

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