Psalms 52:3
You love evil more than good, lies more than speaking the truth.(Selah)
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- 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)
- Jer 4:22 : 22 The LORD answered,“This will happen because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense. They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good.”
- Jer 9:3-5 : 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.
- Jer 9:8 : 8 Their 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.
- Mic 3:2 : 2 yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people’s skin and rip the flesh from their bones.
- John 8:44 : 44 You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
- Rom 1:25 : 25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
- 2 Tim 3:4 : 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God.
- Rev 22:15 : 15 Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood!
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- Ps 52:4-52 verses88%
4 You love to use all the words that destroy, and the tongue that deceives.
5 Yet 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 52:1-22 verses83%
1 For 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!
2 Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.
- Ps 50:17-204 verses79%
17 For you hate instruction and reject my words.
18 When you see a thief, you join him; you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives.
19 You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.
20 You plot against your brother; you slander your own brother.
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13 Then make sure you don’t speak evil words or use deceptive speech!
- Ps 36:3-42 verses74%
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.
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5 Your sin inspires your mouth; you choose the language of the crafty.
- Ps 5:4-63 verses74%
4 Certainly you are not a God who approves of evil; evil people cannot dwell with you.
5 Arrogant people cannot stand in your presence; you hate all who behave wickedly.
6 You destroy liars; the LORD despises violent and deceitful people.
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5 The righteous person will reject anything false, but the wicked person will act in shameful disgrace.
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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)
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3 How will he severely punish you, you deceptive talker?
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22 The LORD abhors a person who lies, but those who deal truthfully are his delight.
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163 I hate and despise deceit; I love your law.
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4 One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.
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24 The one who hates others disguises it with his lips, but he stores up deceit within him.
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7 Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him?
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3 Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper’s venom is behind their lips.(Selah)
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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.
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2 yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people’s skin and rip the flesh from their bones.
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33 “My, how good you have become at chasing after your lovers! Why, you could even teach prostitutes a thing or two!
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2 No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth.
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3 Political Intrigue and Conspiracy in the Palace The royal advisers delight the king with their evil schemes, the princes make him glad with their lies.
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13 You are too just to tolerate evil; you are unable to condone wrongdoing. So why do you put up with such treacherous people? Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour those more righteous than they are?
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7 His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.
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13 We 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.
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3 For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words.
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10 For the one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from uttering deceit.
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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.
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4 At 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,
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20 Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but those who promote peace have joy.
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17 Do not plan evil in your hearts against one another. Do not favor a false oath– these are all things that I hate,’ says the LORD.
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2 People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.
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18 May lying lips be silenced– lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt!
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28 A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
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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.
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10 You who love the LORD, hate evil! He protects the lives of his faithful followers; he delivers them from the power of the wicked.
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13 “Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips.”
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7 You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions.
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20 The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.
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2 for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak harm.
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14 who delight in doing evil, they rejoice in perverse evil;
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2 For they say cruel and deceptive things to me; they lie to me.
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17 But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.