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
Romans 16:18
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18 For those who are such do not serve our Lord [a]Jesus Christ, but (A)their own belly, and (B)by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple.
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- Romans 16:18 NU, M omit Jesus
Jeremiah 9:8
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8 Their tongue is an arrow shot out;
It speaks (A)deceit;
One speaks (B)peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth,
But [a]in his heart he [b]lies in wait.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 9:8 Inwardly he
- Jeremiah 9:8 sets his ambush
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 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.
James 1:8
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8 he is (A)a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
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Psalm 144:8
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- Psalm 144:8 empty or worthless
Psalm 28:3
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3 Do not [a]take me away with the wicked
And with the workers of iniquity,
(A)Who speak peace to their neighbors,
But evil is in their hearts.
Footnotes
- Psalm 28:3 drag
Psalm 5:9
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9 For there is no [a]faithfulness in their mouth;
Their inward part is destruction;
(A)Their throat is an open tomb;
They flatter with their tongue.
Footnotes
- Psalm 5:9 uprightness
Psalm 52:1-4
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The End of the Wicked and the Peace of the Godly
To the Chief Musician. A [a]Contemplation of David (A)when Doeg the Edomite went and (B)told Saul, and said to him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.”
52 Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?
The goodness of God endures continually.
2 Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
3 You love evil more than good,
Lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah
4 You love all devouring words,
You deceitful tongue.
Footnotes
- Psalm 52:1 Heb. Maschil
1 Thessalonians 2:5
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5 For (A)neither at any time did we use flattering words, as you know, nor a [a]cloak for covetousness—(B)God is witness.
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:5 pretext for greed
Ezekiel 12:24
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24 For (A)no more shall there be any (B)false[a] vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.
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- Ezekiel 12:24 Lit. vain
Jeremiah 9:2-6
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2 Oh, that I had in the wilderness
A lodging place for travelers;
That I might leave my people,
And go from them!
For (A)they are all adulterers,
An assembly of treacherous men.
3 “And like their bow (B)they have bent their tongues for lies.
They are not valiant for the truth on the earth.
For they proceed from (C)evil to evil,
And they (D)do not know Me,” says the Lord.
4 “Everyone(E) take heed to his [a]neighbor,
And do not trust any brother;
For every brother will utterly supplant,
And every neighbor will (F)walk with slanderers.
5 Everyone will (G)deceive his neighbor,
And will not speak the truth;
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
They weary themselves to commit iniquity.
6 Your dwelling place is in the midst of deceit;
Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” says the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 9:4 friend
Proverbs 29:5
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5 A man who (A)flatters his neighbor
Spreads a net for his feet.
Proverbs 20:19
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19 (A)He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets;
Therefore do not associate with one (B)who flatters with his lips.
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 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 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 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 38:12
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12 Those also who seek my life lay snares for me;
Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction,
And plan deception all the day long.
Psalm 36:3-4
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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.
4 (B)He devises wickedness on his bed;
He sets himself (C)in a way that is not good;
He does not [a]abhor (D)evil.
Footnotes
- Psalm 36:4 reject, loathe
1 Chronicles 12:33
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33 of Zebulun there were fifty thousand who went out to battle, expert in war with all weapons of war, (A)stouthearted men who could keep ranks;
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