Job 15:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 5:13 : 13 Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
  • Job 9:22-24 : 22 It is the same thing, therefore I said, `The perfect and the wicked He is consuming.' 23 If a scourge doth put to death suddenly, At the trial of the innocent He laugheth. 24 Earth hath been given Into the hand of the wicked one. The face of its judges he covereth, If not -- where, who `is' he?
  • Job 12:6 : 6 At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought.
  • Ps 50:19-20 : 19 Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together, 20 Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.
  • Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit. 3 Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah. 4 Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
  • Ps 64:3 : 3 Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word.
  • Ps 120:2-3 : 2 O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue! 3 What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!
  • Jer 9:3-5 : 3 And they bend their tongue, their bow `is' a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah! 4 Each of his friend -- beware ye, And on any brother, do not trust, For every brother doth utterly supplant, For every friend slanderously doth walk, 5 And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.
  • Jer 9:8 : 8 A slaughtering arrow `is' their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush,
  • Mark 7:21-22 : 21 for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders, 22 thefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, evil speaking, pride, foolishness;
  • Luke 6:45 : 45 `The good man out of the good treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which `is' good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which `is' evil; for out of the abounding of the heart doth his mouth speak.
  • Jas 1:26 : 26 If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain `is' the religion;
  • Jas 3:5-8 : 5 so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle! 6 and the tongue `is' a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna. 7 For every nature, both of beasts and of fowls, both of creeping things and things of the sea, is subdued, and hath been subdued, by the human nature, 8 and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, `it is' an unruly evil, full of deadly poison,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 15:6
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    6Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.

  • Ps 50:16-20
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    16And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee -- to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth?

    17Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.

    18If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers `is' thy portion.

    19Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

    20Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.

  • Ps 52:2-4
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    2Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

    3Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.

    4Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

  • Job 15:13
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    13For thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from thy mouth:

  • Isa 59:3
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    3For your hands have been polluted with blood, And your fingers with iniquity, Your lips have spoken falsehood, Your tongue perverseness doth mutter.

  • Ps 5:9-10
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    9For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart `is' mischiefs, An open grave `is' their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.

    10Declare them guilty, O God, Let them fall from their own counsels, In the abundance of their transgressions Drive them away, Because they have rebelled against Thee.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue `is' perverseness and iniquity,

  • Prov 8:7
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    7For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips `is' wickedness.

  • Ps 59:12
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    12The sin of their mouth `is' a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.

  • Job 15:4
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    4Yea, thou dost make reverence void, And dost diminish meditation before God.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3The words of his mouth `are' iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.

  • Prov 6:2
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    2Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,

  • Eccl 5:6
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    6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that `it `is' an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?

  • Prov 10:31-32
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    31The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And the tongue of frowardness is cut out.

    32The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

  • Job 11:5
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    5And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

  • Job 13:7
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    7For God do ye speak perverseness? And for Him do ye speak deceit?

  • Prov 17:4
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    4An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Isa 57:4
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    4Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom enlarge ye the mouth? Prolong ye the tongue? Are not ye children of transgression? a false seed?

  • Rom 3:14
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    14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

  • Job 20:12
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    12Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue,

  • Ps 120:3
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    3What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

  • Ps 144:8
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    8Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand `is' a right hand of falsehood.

  • Prov 26:28
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    28A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!

  • Jer 9:5
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    5And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.

  • Ps 37:30
    72%

    30The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgment.

  • Job 6:30
    71%

    30Is there in my tongue perverseness? Discerneth not my palate desirable things?

  • Ps 109:2
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    2For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me -- A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!

  • Prov 5:2
    71%

    2To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.

  • Prov 10:20
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    20The tongue of the righteous `is' chosen silver, The heart of the wicked -- as a little thing.

  • Prov 15:4
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    4A healed tongue `is' a tree of life, And perverseness in it -- a breach in the spirit.

  • Matt 12:37
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    37for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.'

  • Ps 73:9
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    9They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.

  • Jer 4:18
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    18Thy way and thy doings have done these to thee, This `is' thy vexation, for `it is' bitter, For it hath struck unto thy heart.

  • Prov 6:12
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    12A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking `with' perverseness of mouth,

  • Jer 5:25
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    25Your iniquities have turned these away, And your sins have kept the good from you.

  • Job 36:17
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    17And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld -- because of fury,

  • Prov 23:8
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    8Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that `are' sweet.

  • Prov 30:32
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    32If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil -- hand to mouth!