Psalms 50:19

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 10:7 : 7 His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.
  • 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 36:3-4 : 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 52:2-4 : 2 Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver. 3 You love evil more than good, lies more than speaking the truth.(Selah) 4 You love to use all the words that destroy, and the tongue that deceives.
  • Ps 55:12 : 12 Indeed, it is not an enemy who insults me, or else I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me, or else I could hide from him.
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 His words are as smooth as butter, but he harbors animosity in his heart. His words seem softer than oil, but they are really like sharp swords.
  • Ps 64:3-5 : 3 They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge, 4 in order to shoot down the innocent in secluded places. They shoot at him suddenly and are unafraid of retaliation. 5 They encourage one another to carry out their evil deed. They plan how to hide snares, and boast,“Who will see them?”
  • Isa 59:3-4 : 3 For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words. 4 No 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.
  • Jer 9:5 : 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.
  • Hos 4:2 : 2 There is only cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery. They resort to violence and bloodshed.
  • Rom 3:13-14 : 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.”
  • Jas 3:5-9 : 5 So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze. 6 And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence– and is set on fire by hell. 7 For every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is subdued and has been subdued by humankind. 8 But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people made in God’s image.
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But as for the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death.”
  • Ps 5:9 : 9 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 15:5-6
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    5Your sin inspires your mouth; you choose the language of the crafty.

    6Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your own lips testify against you.

  • Ps 50:20-21
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    20You plot against your brother; you slander your own brother.

    21When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against you!

  • Ps 52:2-4
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    2Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.

    3You love evil more than good, lies more than speaking the truth.(Selah)

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

  • Ps 50:16-18
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    16God says this to the evildoer:“How can you declare my commands, and talk about my covenant?

    17For you hate instruction and reject my words.

    18When you see a thief, you join him; you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Then make sure you don’t speak evil words or use deceptive speech!

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

  • Ps 120:3
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    3How will he severely punish you, you deceptive talker?

  • Prov 17:4
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    4One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9For 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.

  • Job 15:13
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    13when you turn your rage against God and allow such words to escape from your mouth?

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

  • Prov 17:20
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    20The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

  • Ps 109:2
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    2For they say cruel and deceptive things to me; they lie to me.

  • Isa 57:4
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    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,

  • Jer 9:5
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    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.

  • Prov 6:2
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    2if you have been ensnared by the words you have uttered, and have been caught by the words you have spoken,

  • Isa 59:3
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    3For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words.

  • Job 20:12
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    12“If evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,

  • Ps 59:12
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    12They speak sinful words. So let them be trapped by their own pride and by the curses and lies they speak!

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.

  • Rom 3:13-14
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    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.”

  • Prov 24:2
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    2for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak harm.

  • Ps 144:8
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    8who speak lies, and make false promises.

  • Prov 16:30
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    30The one who winks his eyes devises perverse things, and one who compresses his lips has accomplished evil.

  • Job 13:7
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    7Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him?

  • Prov 8:7
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    7For my mouth speaks truth, and my lips hate wickedness.

  • Ps 12:2
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    2People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.

  • Eccl 5:6
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    6Do not let your mouth cause you to sin, and do not tell the priest,“It was a mistake!” Why make God angry at you so that he would destroy the work of your hands?”

  • Prov 6:12
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    12A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things;

  • Prov 2:12
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    12to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity,

  • Prov 6:19
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    19a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.

  • Prov 10:18-19
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    18The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.

    19When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.

  • Matt 12:34
    73%

    34Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.

  • Prov 10:31
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    31The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.

  • Prov 30:32
    72%

    32If you have done foolishly by exalting yourself or if you have planned evil, put your hand over your mouth!

  • Matt 15:19
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    19For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

  • Prov 26:19
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    19so is a person who has deceived his neighbor, and said,“Was I not only joking?”

  • Job 27:4
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    4my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will whisper no deceit.

  • Jer 9:8
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    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.

  • Isa 59:13
    72%

    13We have rebelled and tried to deceive the LORD; we turned back from following our God. We stir up oppression and rebellion; we tell lies we concocted in our minds.

  • Prov 6:14
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    14he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times.