Psalms 5:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.

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  • Rom 3:13 : 13 “Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips.”
  • Ps 62:4 : 4 They spend all their time planning how to bring him down. They love to use deceit; they pronounce blessings with their mouths, but inwardly they utter curses.(Selah)
  • Ps 51:6 : 6 Look, you desire integrity in the inner man; you want me to possess wisdom.
  • Ps 52:2 : 2 Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.
  • Luke 11:44 : 44 Woe to you! You are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without realizing it!”
  • Mic 6:12 : 12 The city’s wealthy people readily resort to violence; her inhabitants tell lies, their tongues speak deceptive words.
  • Jer 9:3-6 : 3 The Lord Laments That He Has No Choice But to Judge Them The LORD says,“These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by honest means. Indeed, they do one evil thing after another and do not pay attention to me. 4 Everyone must be on his guard around his friends. He must not even trust any of his relatives. For every one of them will find some way to cheat him. And all of his friends will tell lies about him. 5 One friend deceives another and no one tells the truth. These people have trained themselves to tell lies. They do wrong and are unable to repent. 6 They do one act of violence after another, and one deceitful thing after another. They refuse to pay attention to me,” says the LORD.
  • Ps 58:2-3 : 2 No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth. 3 The wicked turn aside from birth; liars go astray as soon as they are born.
  • Job 32:21-22 : 21 I will not show partiality to anyone, nor will I confer a title on any man. 22 for I do not know how to give honorary titles, if I did, my Creator would quickly do away with me.
  • Ps 12:2-3 : 2 People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive. 3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts!
  • Ps 36:1-4 : 1 For the music director; written by the LORD’s servant, David; an oracle. An evil man is rebellious to the core. He does not fear God, 2 for he is too proud to recognize and give up his sin. 3 The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right. 4 He plans ways to sin while he lies in bed; he is committed to a sinful lifestyle; he does not reject what is evil.
  • Ps 62:9 : 9 Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.
  • Ps 64:6 : 6 They devise unjust schemes; they disguise a well-conceived plot. Man’s inner thoughts cannot be discovered.
  • Ps 111:1-3 : 1 Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the godly and the congregation. 2 The LORD’s deeds are great, eagerly awaited by all who desire them. 3 His work is majestic and glorious, and his faithfulness endures forever.
  • Prov 29:5 : 5 The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.
  • Jer 4:14 : 14 “Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?
  • Jer 17:9 : 9 The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?
  • Mark 7:21-22 : 21 For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed, evil, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, and folly.
  • Luke 11:39 : 39 But the Lord said to him,“Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
  • Rom 1:29-31 : 29 They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, contrivers of all sorts of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 senseless, covenant-breakers, heartless, ruthless.
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For we never appeared with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed– God is our witness–

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 3:13-15
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    85%

    13“Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips.”

    14“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

    15“Their feet are swift to shed blood,

  • Ps 10:7
    80%

    7His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.

  • Jer 9:3-6
    4 verses
    80%

    3The Lord Laments That He Has No Choice But to Judge Them The LORD says,“These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by honest means. Indeed, they do one evil thing after another and do not pay attention to me.

    4Everyone must be on his guard around his friends. He must not even trust any of his relatives. For every one of them will find some way to cheat him. And all of his friends will tell lies about him.

    5One friend deceives another and no one tells the truth. These people have trained themselves to tell lies. They do wrong and are unable to repent.

    6They do one act of violence after another, and one deceitful thing after another. They refuse to pay attention to me,” says the LORD.

  • Ps 12:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.

    3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts!

  • Ps 5:10
    79%

    10Condemn them, O God! May their own schemes be their downfall! Drive them away because of their many acts of insurrection, for they have rebelled against you.

  • Jer 9:8
    79%

    8Their tongues are like deadly arrows. They are always telling lies. Friendly words for their neighbors come from their mouths. But their minds are thinking up ways to trap them.

  • Ps 109:2
    78%

    2For they say cruel and deceptive things to me; they lie to me.

  • Ps 59:12
    78%

    12They speak sinful words. So let them be trapped by their own pride and by the curses and lies they speak!

  • Ps 78:36
    77%

    36But they deceived him with their words, and lied to him.

  • Ps 140:3
    77%

    3Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper’s venom is behind their lips.(Selah)

  • Ps 73:8-9
    2 verses
    76%

    8They mock and say evil things; they proudly threaten violence.

    9They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth.

  • Ps 50:19
    76%

    19You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.

  • Prov 26:28
    76%

    28A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

  • Ps 59:7
    75%

    7Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say,“Who hears?”

  • Job 15:5
    75%

    5Your sin inspires your mouth; you choose the language of the crafty.

  • Ps 144:8
    75%

    8who speak lies, and make false promises.

  • Prov 24:2
    75%

    2for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak harm.

  • Mic 6:12
    75%

    12The city’s wealthy people readily resort to violence; her inhabitants tell lies, their tongues speak deceptive words.

  • Ps 36:3
    74%

    3The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

  • Isa 59:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words.

    4No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.

  • Ps 52:2
    74%

    2Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.

  • Prov 8:7
    74%

    7For my mouth speaks truth, and my lips hate wickedness.

  • Ps 5:6
    74%

    6You destroy liars; the LORD despises violent and deceitful people.

  • Ps 35:20
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    20For they do not try to make peace with others, but plan ways to deceive those who live peacefully in the land.

  • Ps 62:4
    74%

    4They spend all their time planning how to bring him down. They love to use deceit; they pronounce blessings with their mouths, but inwardly they utter curses.(Selah)

  • Ps 52:4
    73%

    4You love to use all the words that destroy, and the tongue that deceives.

  • Hos 7:3
    73%

    3Political Intrigue and Conspiracy in the Palace The royal advisers delight the king with their evil schemes, the princes make him glad with their lies.

  • Isa 57:4
    73%

    4At whom are you laughing? At whom are you opening your mouth and sticking out your tongue? You are the children of rebels, the offspring of liars,

  • Ps 140:9
    73%

    9As for the heads of those who surround me– may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them!

  • Prov 26:24-26
    3 verses
    73%

    24The one who hates others disguises it with his lips, but he stores up deceit within him.

    25When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations within him.

    26Though his hatred may be concealed by deceit, his evil will be uncovered in the assembly.

  • Ps 17:10
    73%

    10They are calloused; they speak arrogantly.

  • Isa 3:9
    73%

    9The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Woe to them! For they bring disaster on themselves.

  • Job 20:12
    72%

    12“If evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,

  • Ps 120:3
    72%

    3How will he severely punish you, you deceptive talker?

  • Prov 17:4
    72%

    4One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.

  • Prov 10:31
    72%

    31The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.

  • Prov 12:22
    72%

    22The LORD abhors a person who lies, but those who deal truthfully are his delight.

  • Prov 29:5
    72%

    5The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.

  • Ps 28:3
    72%

    3Do not drag me away with evil men, with those who behave wickedly, who talk so friendly to their neighbors, while they plan to harm them!

  • Ps 58:4
    72%

    4Their venom is like that of a snake, like a deaf serpent that does not hear,