Psalms 31:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Ps 94:4 : 4 How long shall they utter and speak arrogant things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
  • Jude 1:15 : 15 to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.'
  • 1 Sam 2:3 : 3 Talk no more so proudly; let not arrogance come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
  • 2 Chr 32:16 : 16 And his servants spoke yet more against the LORD God and against his servant Hezekiah.
  • Ps 12:3 : 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things:
  • Ps 59:12 : 12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride, and for the cursing and lying which they speak.
  • Ps 63:11 : 11 But the king shall rejoice in God; everyone that swears by him shall glory: but the mouth of those that speak lies shall be stopped.
  • Ps 64:3-4 : 3 Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words. 4 That they may shoot in secret at the blameless; suddenly do they shoot at him and fear not.
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and sexually immoral, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
  • Rev 22:15 : 15 For outside are dogs, and sorcerers, and sexually immoral, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loves and makes a lie.
  • Ps 120:2 : 2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue.
  • Ps 123:3-4 : 3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorn of those who are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
  • Ps 140:9-9 : 9 As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. 10 Let burning coals fall upon them; let them be cast into the fire, into deep pits, that they rise not up again. 11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth; evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
  • Prov 12:19 : 19 The lip of truth will be established forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
  • Isa 37:22-24 : 22 This is the word which the LORD has spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, has despised you and laughed you to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you. 23 Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. 24 By your servants you have reproached the Lord, and have said, By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice fir trees: and I will enter the height of its border, the forest of its Carmel.
  • Isa 54:17 : 17 No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, says the LORD.
  • Matt 10:25 : 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be like his master, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call those of his household?
  • Matt 12:24 : 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow does not cast out devils, except by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
  • John 8:44 : 44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you wish to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not abide in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
  • John 8:48 : 48 Then the Jews answered and said to him, Do we not say rightly that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon?
  • Acts 25:7 : 7 And when he arrived, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem stood around and brought many serious charges against Paul, which they could not prove.

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  • 17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD, for I have called upon you: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

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

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

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

  • 9 As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

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    31 The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.

    32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked speaks perversity.

  • 3 Should your lies silence men? And when you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?

  • 22 Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who deal truthfully are His delight.

  • 5 A righteous man hates lying, but a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.

  • 13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.

  • 11 But the king shall rejoice in God; everyone that swears by him shall glory: but the mouth of those that speak lies shall be stopped.

  • 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.

  • 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

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

  • 10 They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly.

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    18 He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who utters slander, is a fool.

    19 In the multitude of words, there is no lack of sin, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

  • 24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and put perverse lips far from you.

  • 3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

  • 28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

  • 4 A wicked doer listens to false lips, and a liar gives ear to a deceitful tongue.

  • 3 Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.

  • 19 The lip of truth will be established forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

  • Ps 31:19-20
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    19 Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you; which you have wrought for those who trust in you before the sons of men!

    20 You shall hide them in the secret of your presence from the pride of man: you shall keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

  • 30 The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of justice.

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

    3 What shall be given to you? Or what shall be done to you, you false tongue?

  • 32 If you have acted foolishly in exalting yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand on your mouth.

  • 26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at my hurt; let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.

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

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

  • 42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop its mouth.

  • 7 Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool, much less lying lips for a prince.

  • 10 The nobles kept silence, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

  • Ps 73:8-9
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    8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly of oppression; they speak loftily.

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

  • 6 Blessings are upon the head of the just, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

  • 17 Let them be confounded and troubled forever; yes, let them be put to shame and perish:

  • 30 He shuts his eyes to devise perverse things; moving his lips, he brings evil to pass.

  • 13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him who speaks what is right.

  • 8 Speak for those who cannot speak, in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

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    6 You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; the LORD will abhor the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

  • 16 Yes, my inmost being shall rejoice, when your lips speak right things.

  • 13 The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the just will come out of trouble.

  • 14 'Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.'

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

  • 28 The heart of the righteous studies how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

  • 2 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.