Psalms 52:4

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 120:3 : 3 What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!
  • Jas 3:6-9 : 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, 9 with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God;
  • 1 Sam 22:18-19 : 18 And the king saith to Doeg, `Turn round thou, and come against the priests;' and Doeg the Edomite turneth round, and cometh himself against the priests, and putteth to death in that day eighty and five men bearing a linen ephod, 19 and Nob, the city of the priests, he hath smitten by the mouth of the sword, from man even unto woman, from infant even unto suckling, and ox, and ass, and sheep, by the mouth of the sword.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 52:1-3
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    88%

    1To the Overseer. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, `David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God `is' all the day.

    2Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

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

  • Ps 52:5
    81%

    5Also -- God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.

  • Ps 50:19-20
    2 verses
    80%

    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 120:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

    3What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

  • Ps 5:4-6
    3 verses
    76%

    4For not a God desiring wickedness `art' Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not.

    5The boastful station not themselves before Thine eyes: Thou hast hated all working iniquity.

    6Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.

  • Job 15:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.

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

  • Prov 26:28
    74%

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

  • Prov 23:8
    74%

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

  • Ps 10:7
    74%

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

  • Ps 5:9-10
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    73%

    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 12:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

    3Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,

  • Ps 34:13
    73%

    13Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

  • Ps 59:12
    72%

    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.

  • Prov 17:4
    72%

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

  • Ps 36:3
    72%

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

  • Ps 50:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Ps 62:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3Till when do ye devise mischief against a man? Ye are destroyed all of you, As a wall inclined, a hedge that is cast down.

    4Only -- from his excellency They have consulted to drive away, They enjoy a lie, with their mouth they bless, And with their heart revile. Selah.

  • Isa 57:4
    72%

    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?

  • 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 26:24
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    24By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit,

  • Ps 140:3
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    3They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder `is' under their lips. Selah.

  • Job 20:12
    71%

    12Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue,

  • Ps 139:20
    71%

    20Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity `are' Thine enemies.

  • Job 36:17
    71%

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

  • Jer 9:5
    70%

    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.

  • Prov 12:22
    70%

    22An abomination to Jehovah `are' lying lips, And stedfast doers `are' his delight.

  • Prov 15:4
    70%

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

  • Rom 3:13-14
    2 verses
    70%

    13A sepulchre opened `is' their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps `is' under their lips.

    14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

  • Job 13:7
    70%

    7For God do ye speak perverseness? And for Him do ye speak deceit?

  • Prov 4:24
    70%

    24Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

  • Jer 9:8
    70%

    8A 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,

  • Prov 17:20
    69%

    20The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

  • Ps 31:18
    69%

    18Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

  • Prov 12:19
    69%

    19The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment -- a tongue of falsehood.

  • Ps 78:36
    69%

    36And -- they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him,

  • Ps 119:118
    69%

    118Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood `is' their deceit.

  • Ps 144:8
    69%

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

  • Job 15:13
    69%

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