Psalms 52:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

Your tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

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  • Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions, and I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouths; swords are in their lips, for who, they say, hears?
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There are those who speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
  • Ps 50:19 : 19 You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
  • Ps 64:2-6 : 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked, from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity. 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. 5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter; they talk of laying snares secretly; they say, Who shall see them? 6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search; the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
  • Ps 109:2 : 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.
  • Ps 120:2 : 2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue.
  • Ps 140:2-3 : 2 Who devise mischiefs in their hearts; continually they gather together for war. 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
  • Prov 6:16-19 : 16 These six things the LORD hates: yes, seven are an abomination to him: 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief, 19 A false witness who speaks lies, and one who sows discord among brethren.
  • Prov 30:14 : 14 There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and whose jaws are like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
  • Jer 9:3-4 : 3 And they bend their tongues like a bow for lies; but they are not valiant for the truth on the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says the LORD. 4 Take heed every one of his neighbor, and do not trust in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders.
  • Jer 18:18 : 18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
  • Matt 26:59 : 59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false testimony against Jesus, to put him to death;
  • Acts 6:11-13 : 11 They secretly instigated men who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God. 12 They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council. 13 They set up false witnesses who said, This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law.
  • Acts 24:1 : 1 And after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.
  • Acts 24:5 : 5 For we have found this man to be a pestilent fellow, and a creator of discord among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
  • 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 But have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
  • 2 Cor 11:13 : 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.
  • Rev 12:10 : 10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 52:3-5
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    84%

    3You love evil more than good; and lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah.

    4You love all devouring words, O deceitful tongue.

    5God shall likewise destroy you forever, He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.

  • Ps 50:19-20
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    19You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

    20You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.

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

  • Ps 52:1
    78%

    1Why do you boast in mischief, O mighty man? The goodness of God endures continually.

  • Job 15:5
    77%

    5For your mouth declares your iniquity, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.

  • Ps 120:3
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    3What shall be given to you? Or what shall be done to you, you false tongue?

  • Ps 140:2-3
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    77%

    2Who devise mischiefs in their hearts; continually they gather together for war.

    3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

  • Jer 9:8
    76%

    8Their tongue is like an arrow shot out; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in wait.

  • Ps 34:13
    76%

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

  • Ps 64:3
    75%

    3Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words.

  • Prov 24:2
    75%

    2For their hearts plot destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

  • Ps 5:9
    74%

    9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is pure wickedness; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

  • Ps 36:3-4
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    74%

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

    4He devises mischief upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not abhor evil.

  • Prov 26:28
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    28A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

  • Jer 9:5
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    5And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

  • Ps 12:2-3
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    74%

    2They speak vanity everyone with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

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

  • Ps 109:2
    74%

    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 6:14
    73%

    14Perversity is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.

  • Prov 12:18
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    18There are those who speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

  • Isa 32:7
    73%

    7The schemes of the miser are evil: he devises wicked plans to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks what is right.

  • Isa 59:3
    73%

    3For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue has muttered perverseness.

  • Prov 17:4
    73%

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

  • Prov 12:20
    72%

    20Deceit is in the heart of those who imagine evil, but to the counselors of peace there is joy.

  • Rom 3:13
    72%

    13'Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they have practiced deceit; the poison of vipers is under their lips.'

  • Prov 17:20
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    20He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Ps 55:21
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    21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

  • Prov 16:30
    72%

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

  • Ps 59:12
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    12For 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.

  • Prov 24:8
    72%

    8He who devises to do evil shall be called a schemer.

  • Prov 10:31
    72%

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

  • Ps 38:12
    72%

    12Those who seek my life lay snares for me, and those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things and imagine deceits all day long.

  • Ps 62:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3How long will you imagine mischief against a man? You shall all be slain; as a leaning wall shall you be, and as a tottering fence.

    4They only plan to cast him down from his high position; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

  • Ps 37:12
    72%

    12The wicked plot against the just and gnash at him with their teeth.

  • Ps 5:6
    72%

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

  • Job 20:12
    72%

    12Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue,

  • Isa 57:4
    72%

    4Against whom do you sport yourselves? Against whom do you make a wide mouth and stick out the tongue? Are you not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

  • Ps 144:8
    72%

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

  • Prov 6:18
    71%

    18A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

  • Mic 6:12
    71%

    12For the rich men there are full of violence, the inhabitants have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

  • Ps 21:11
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    11For they intended evil against you: they devised a mischievous scheme, which they are not able to perform.

  • Prov 25:18
    71%

    18A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.

  • Jer 9:3
    71%

    3And they bend their tongues like a bow for lies; but they are not valiant for the truth on the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says the LORD.

  • Ps 58:2
    71%

    2Yes, in heart you work wickedness; you weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.