Psalm 7:14
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14 Behold, the wicked man (A)conceives evil
and is (B)pregnant with mischief
and gives birth to lies.
Job 20:12
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12 “Though evil is sweet in his mouth,
though he hides it (A)under his tongue,
James 3:6-8
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6 And (A)the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, (B)staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life,[a] and set on fire by hell.[b] 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, (C)full of deadly poison.
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Psalm 144:11
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11 Rescue me and deliver me
from the hand (A)of foreigners,
whose mouths speak (B)lies
and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Psalm 140:9
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9 As for the head of those who surround me,
let (A)the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!
Psalm 140:3
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3 They make (A)their tongue sharp as (B)a serpent's,
and (C)under their lips is the (D)venom of asps. Selah
Psalm 73:8
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8 They scoff and (A)speak with malice;
loftily they threaten oppression.
Psalm 64:3
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Psalm 59:12
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12 For (A)the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips,
let them be trapped in their pride.
For the cursing and lies that they utter,
Psalm 52:4
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4 You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.
Psalm 36:3
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Romans 3:13-14
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13 (A)“Their throat is (B)an open grave;
they use their tongues to deceive.”
(C)“The venom of asps is under their lips.”
14 (D)“Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
Matthew 12:34
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34 (A)You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, (B)when you are evil? (C)For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
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Jeremiah 9:6
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6 Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit,
(A)they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:3
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3 (A)They bend their tongue like a bow;
falsehood and not truth has grown strong[a] in the land;
for they proceed from evil to evil,
(B)and they do not know me, declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 9:3 Septuagint; Hebrew and not for truth they have grown strong
Isaiah 59:4
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4 (A)No one enters suit justly;
no one goes to law honestly;
they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies,
(B)they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Proverbs 30:8
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8 Remove far from me falsehood and lying;
give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with the food that is (A)needful for me,
Proverbs 21:6
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6 (A)The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
is a (B)fleeting (C)vapor and a (D)snare of death.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Latin; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death
Psalm 144:8
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Psalm 62:4
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4 They only plan to thrust him down from his (A)high position.
They take pleasure in falsehood.
(B)They bless with their mouths,
but inwardly they curse. Selah
Psalm 58:3
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3 The wicked are (A)estranged from the womb;
they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
Psalm 55:21
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21 His (A)speech was (B)smooth as butter,
yet war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
yet they were (C)drawn swords.
Psalm 41:6
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6 And when one comes to see me, (A)he utters empty words,
while his heart gathers iniquity;
when he goes out, he tells it abroad.
Psalm 12:2
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2 Everyone (A)utters lies to his neighbor;
with (B)flattering lips and (C)a double heart they speak.
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