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.
Romans 16:18
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18 For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but (A)their own appetites,[a] and (B)by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
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- Romans 16:18 Greek their own belly
Jeremiah 9:8
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8 (A)Their tongue is a deadly arrow;
(B)it speaks deceitfully;
with his mouth (C)each speaks peace to his neighbor,
but in his heart (D)he plans an ambush for him.
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.
James 1:8
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8 (A)he is a double-minded man, (B)unstable in all his ways.
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Psalm 144:8
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Psalm 28:3
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3 Do not (A)drag me off with the wicked,
with the workers of evil,
(B)who speak peace with their neighbors
while evil is in their hearts.
Psalm 5:9
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9 For there is no truth in their mouth;
their inmost self is (A)destruction;
(B)their throat is (C)an open grave;
they (D)flatter with their tongue.
Psalm 52:1-4
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The Steadfast Love of God Endures
To the choirmaster. A Maskil[a] of David, when (A)Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”
52 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?
The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
2 Your (B)tongue plots destruction,
like (C)a sharp razor, you (D)worker of deceit.
3 You love evil more than good,
and (E)lying more than speaking what is right. Selah
4 You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.
Footnotes
- Psalm 52:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
1 Thessalonians 2:5
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5 (A)For we never came with words of flattery,[a] as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—(B)God is witness.
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Or with a flattering speech
Ezekiel 12:24
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24 (A)For there shall be no more any (B)false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.
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Jeremiah 9:2-6
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2 [a] Oh that I had in the desert
a travelers' lodging place,
that I might leave my people
and go away from them!
For they are all (A)adulterers,
a company of (B)treacherous men.
3 (C)They bend their tongue like a bow;
falsehood and not truth has grown strong[b] in the land;
for they proceed from evil to evil,
(D)and they do not know me, declares the Lord.
4 (E)Let everyone beware of his neighbor,
and put no trust in any brother,
for every (F)brother is a deceiver,
and every neighbor (G)goes about as a slanderer.
5 Everyone deceives his neighbor,
and no one speaks the truth;
they have taught their tongue to speak lies;
they weary themselves committing iniquity.
6 Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit,
(H)they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 9:2 Ch 9:1 in Hebrew
- Jeremiah 9:3 Septuagint; Hebrew and not for truth they have grown strong
Proverbs 29:5
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Proverbs 20:19
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19 Whoever (A)goes about slandering reveals secrets;
therefore do not associate with (B)a simple babbler.[a]
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- Proverbs 20:19 Hebrew with one who is simple in his lips
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 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 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 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 38:12
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12 Those who seek my life (A)lay their snares;
those who seek my hurt (B)speak of ruin
and meditate (C)treachery all day long.
1 Chronicles 12:33
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33 Of Zebulun 50,000 seasoned troops, (A)equipped for battle with all the weapons of war, to help David[a] with (B)singleness of purpose.
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- 1 Chronicles 12:33 Septuagint; Hebrew lacks David
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