Psalm 10:7
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7 (A)His mouth is full of cursing and (B)deceit and oppression;
Under his tongue is trouble and iniquity.
Psalm 7:14
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14 (A)Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity;
Yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood.
Job 20:12
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12 “Though evil is sweet in his mouth,
And he hides it under his tongue,
James 3:6-8
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6 And (A)the tongue is a fire, a world of [a]iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it (B)defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of [b]nature; and it is set on fire by [c]hell. 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. 8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, (C)full of deadly poison.
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Psalm 140:3
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3 They sharpen their tongues like a serpent;
The (A)poison of asps is under their lips. Selah
Psalm 73:8
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Footnotes
- Psalm 73:8 Proudly
Psalm 64:3
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3 Who sharpen their tongue like a sword,
(A)And bend their bows to shoot their arrows—bitter words,
Psalm 59:12
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12 (A)For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips,
Let them even be taken in their pride,
And for the cursing and lying which they speak.
Psalm 52:4
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4 You love all devouring words,
You deceitful tongue.
Psalm 36:3
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3 The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;
(A)He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
Romans 3:13-14
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13 “Their(A) throat is an open [a]tomb;
With their tongues they have practiced deceit”;
(B)“The poison of asps is under their lips”;
14 “Whose(C) mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
Footnotes
- Romans 3:13 grave
Matthew 12:34
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34 (A)Brood[a] of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? (B)For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
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- Matthew 12:34 Offspring
Jeremiah 9:6
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6 Your dwelling place is in the midst of deceit;
Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:3
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3 “And like their bow (A)they have bent their tongues for lies.
They are not valiant for the truth on the earth.
For they proceed from (B)evil to evil,
And they (C)do not know Me,” says the Lord.
Isaiah 59:4
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4 No one calls for justice,
Nor does any plead for truth.
They trust in (A)empty words and speak lies;
(B)They conceive [a]evil and bring forth iniquity.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 59:4 trouble
Proverbs 30:8
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8 Remove falsehood and lies far from me;
Give me neither poverty nor riches—
(A)Feed me with the food allotted to me;
Proverbs 21:6
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:6 LXX Pursue vanity on the snares of death; Vg. Is vain and foolish, and shall stumble on the snares of death; Tg. They shall be destroyed, and they shall fall who seek death
Psalm 144:11
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11 Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners,
Whose mouth speaks lying words,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood—
Psalm 144:8
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Footnotes
- Psalm 144:8 empty or worthless
Psalm 140:9
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9 “As for the head of those who surround me,
Let the evil of their lips cover them;
Psalm 62:4
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4 They only consult to cast him down from his high position;
They (A)delight in lies;
They bless with their mouth,
But they curse inwardly. Selah
Psalm 58:3
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3 (A)The wicked are estranged from the womb;
They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
Psalm 55:21
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21 (A)The words of his mouth were smoother than butter,
But war was in his heart;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.
Psalm 41:6
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6 And if he comes to see me, he speaks [a]lies;
His heart gathers iniquity to itself;
When he goes out, he tells it.
Footnotes
- Psalm 41:6 empty words
Psalm 12:2
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2 (A)They speak idly everyone with his neighbor;
With flattering lips and [a]a double heart they speak.
Footnotes
- Psalm 12:2 An inconsistent mind
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