Romans 3:13

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

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  • 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.
  • Ps 140:3 : 3 Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper’s venom is behind their lips.(Selah)
  • Isa 59:3 : 3 For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words.
  • Jer 5:16 : 16 All of its soldiers are strong and mighty. Their arrows will send you to your grave.
  • 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.
  • Ezek 13:7 : 7 Have you not seen a false vision and announced a lying omen when you say,“the LORD declares,” although I myself never spoke?
  • Matt 12:34-35 : 34 Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart. 35 The good person brings good things out of his good treasury, and the evil person brings evil things out of his evil treasury.
  • Matt 23:27-28 : 27 “Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean. 28 In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
  • Rom 3:4 : 4 Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being shown up as a liar, just as it is written:“so that you will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged.”
  • Jas 3:5-8 : 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.
  • Ps 12:3-4 : 3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts! 4 They say,“We speak persuasively; we know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master?”
  • Ps 36:3 : 3 The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.
  • Ps 52:2 : 2 Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.
  • 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.
  • Deut 32:33 : 33 Their wine is snakes’ poison, the deadly venom of cobras.
  • Job 20:14-16 : 14 his food is turned sour in his stomach; it becomes the venom of serpents within him. 15 The wealth that he consumed he vomits up, God will make him throw it out of his stomach. 16 He sucks the poison of serpents; the fangs of a viper kill him.

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  • Ps 140:3
    87%

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

  • Rom 3:14-16
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    85%

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

    15“Their feet are swift to shed blood,

    16ruin and misery are in their paths,

  • Ps 5:9-10
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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.

    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.

  • Ps 58:3-4
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    80%

    3The wicked turn aside from birth; liars go astray as soon as they are born.

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

  • Ps 10:7
    77%

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

  • Rom 3:12
    77%

    12All have turned away, together they have become worthless; there is no one who shows kindness, not even one.”

  • Ps 73:9
    76%

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

  • Ps 59:12
    75%

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

  • Deut 32:33
    75%

    33Their wine is snakes’ poison, the deadly venom of cobras.

  • Job 20:16
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    16He sucks the poison of serpents; the fangs of a viper kill him.

  • 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.

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

  • Jer 9:8
    74%

    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.

  • Jer 9:3
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    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 59:7
    74%

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

  • Jas 3:8
    74%

    8But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

  • Ps 64:3
    74%

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

  • Prov 24:2
    74%

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

  • 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 34:13
    73%

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

  • Isa 59:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    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 50:19
    73%

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

  • Ps 36:3
    73%

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

  • Ps 52:2
    72%

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

  • Ps 22:13
    72%

    13They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.

  • Ps 140:9
    72%

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

  • 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?

  • Ps 135:17
    72%

    17and ears, but cannot hear. Indeed, they cannot breathe.

  • Jas 3:6
    72%

    6And 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.

  • Mic 6:12
    71%

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

  • Ps 144:8
    71%

    8who speak lies, and make false promises.

  • Matt 12:34
    71%

    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 26:24
    71%

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

  • Hos 7:3
    71%

    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.

  • Job 20:14
    71%

    14his food is turned sour in his stomach; it becomes the venom of serpents within him.

  • Isa 3:9
    71%

    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.

  • Ps 31:18
    71%

    18May lying lips be silenced– lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt!

  • Ps 78:36
    70%

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

  • Lam 3:46
    70%

    46פ(Pe) All our enemies have gloated over us;

  • Job 15:5
    70%

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

  • Isa 57:4
    70%

    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 115:7
    70%

    7hands, but cannot touch, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot even clear their throats.

  • Rom 1:29
    70%

    29They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips,