His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

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His mouth is full(A) of lies and threats;(B)
    trouble and evil are under his tongue.(C)

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14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

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14 Whoever is pregnant with evil
    conceives trouble and gives birth(A) to disillusionment.

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12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;

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12 “Though evil(A) is sweet in his mouth
    and he hides it under his tongue,(B)

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And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

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The tongue also is a fire,(A) a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body,(B) sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.(C)

All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.(D)

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They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

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They make their tongues as sharp as(A) a serpent’s;
    the poison of vipers(B) is on their lips.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 140:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 8.

They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

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They scoff, and speak with malice;(A)
    with arrogance(B) they threaten oppression.(C)

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Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

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They sharpen their tongues like swords(A)
    and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.(B)

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12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

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12 For the sins of their mouths,(A)
    for the words of their lips,(B)
    let them be caught in their pride.(C)
For the curses and lies they utter,

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Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

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You love every harmful word,
    you deceitful tongue!(A)

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The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

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The words of their mouths(A) are wicked and deceitful;(B)
    they fail to act wisely(C) or do good.(D)

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13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

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13 “Their throats are open graves;
    their tongues practice deceit.”[a](A)
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”[b](B)
14     “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”[c](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 3:13 Psalm 5:9
  2. Romans 3:13 Psalm 140:3
  3. Romans 3:14 Psalm 10:7 (see Septuagint)

34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

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34 You brood of vipers,(A) how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks(B) what the heart is full of.

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Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.

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You[a] live in the midst of deception;(A)
    in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,”
declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:6 That is, Jeremiah (the Hebrew is singular)