Psalms 52:2

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

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  • Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love its use will eat its fruit.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword.
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say,“Who hears?”
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 Speaking recklessly is like the thrusts of a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing.
  • Ps 50:19 : 19 You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.
  • Ps 64:2-6 : 2 Hide me from the plots of evil men, from the crowd of evildoers. 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?” 6 They devise unjust schemes; they disguise a well-conceived plot. Man’s inner thoughts cannot be discovered.
  • Ps 109:2 : 2 For they say cruel and deceptive things to me; they lie to me.
  • Ps 120:2 : 2 I said,“O LORD, rescue me from those who lie with their lips and those who deceive with their tongue.
  • Ps 140:2-3 : 2 who plan ways to harm me. All day long they stir up conflict. 3 Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper’s venom is behind their lips.(Selah)
  • Prov 6:16-19 : 16 There are six things that the LORD hates, even seven things that are an abomination to him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil, 19 a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.
  • Prov 30:14 : 14 There is a generation whose teeth are like swords and whose molars are like knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among the human race.
  • Jer 9:3-4 : 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.
  • Jer 18:18 : 18 Jeremiah Petitions the Lord to Punish Those Who Attack Him Then some people said,“Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God’s word. Come on! Let’s bring charges against him and get rid of him! Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says.”
  • Matt 26:59 : 59 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.
  • Acts 6:11-13 : 11 Then they secretly instigated some men to say,“We have heard this man speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.” 12 They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council. 13 They brought forward false witnesses who said,“This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law.
  • Acts 24:1 : 1 The Accusations Against Paul After five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and an attorney named Tertullus, and they brought formal charges against Paul to the governor.
  • Acts 24:5 : 5 For we have found this man to be a troublemaker, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
  • 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience before God.
  • 2 Cor 11:13 : 13 For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
  • Rev 12:10 : 10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying,“The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the ruling authority of his Christ, have now come, because the accuser of our brothers and sisters, the one who accuses them day and night before our God, has been thrown down.

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  • Ps 52:3-5
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    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.

    5Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living.(Selah)

  • Ps 50:19-20
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    82%

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

    20You plot against your brother; you slander your own brother.

  • Ps 10:7
    78%

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

  • Ps 52:1
    78%

    1For the music director; a well-written song by David. It was written when Doeg the Edomite went and informed Saul:“David has arrived at the home of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast about your evil plans, O powerful man? God’s loyal love protects me all day long!

  • Job 15:5
    77%

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

  • Ps 120:3
    77%

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

  • Ps 140:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2who plan ways to harm me. All day long they stir up conflict.

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

  • Jer 9:8
    76%

    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 34:13
    76%

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

  • Ps 64:3
    75%

    3They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,

  • Prov 24:2
    75%

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

  • Ps 5:9
    74%

    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.

  • Ps 36:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

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

    4He plans ways to sin while he lies in bed; he is committed to a sinful lifestyle; he does not reject what is evil.

  • Prov 26:28
    74%

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

  • Jer 9:5
    74%

    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.

  • Ps 12:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

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

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

  • Ps 109:2
    74%

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

  • Prov 6:14
    73%

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

  • Prov 12:18
    73%

    18Speaking recklessly is like the thrusts of a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing.

  • Isa 32:7
    73%

    7A deceiver’s methods are evil; he dreams up evil plans to ruin the poor with lies, even when the needy are in the right.

  • Isa 59:3
    73%

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

  • Prov 17:4
    73%

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

  • Prov 12:20
    72%

    20Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but those who promote peace have joy.

  • Rom 3:13
    72%

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

  • Prov 17:20
    72%

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

  • Ps 55:21
    72%

    21His 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.

  • Prov 16:30
    72%

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

  • Ps 59:12
    72%

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

  • Prov 24:8
    72%

    8The one who plans to do evil will be called a scheming person.

  • Prov 10:31
    72%

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

  • Ps 38:12
    72%

    12Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.

  • Ps 62:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3How long will you threaten a man? All of you are murderers, as dangerous as a leaning wall or an unstable fence.

    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 37:12
    72%

    12Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them.

  • Ps 5:6
    72%

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

  • Job 20:12
    72%

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

  • Isa 57:4
    72%

    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 144:8
    72%

    8who speak lies, and make false promises.

  • Prov 6:18
    71%

    18a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil,

  • Mic 6:12
    71%

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

  • Ps 21:11
    71%

    11Yes, they intend to do you harm; they dream up a scheme, but they do not succeed.

  • Prov 25:18
    71%

    18Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.

  • Jer 9:3
    71%

    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.

  • Ps 58:2
    71%

    2No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth.