Psalm 52:2
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Proverbs 18:21
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21 (A)Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Psalm 57:4
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4 My soul is in the midst of (A)lions;
I lie down amid fiery beasts—
the children of man, whose (B)teeth are spears and arrows,
whose (C)tongues are sharp swords.
Proverbs 12:18
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18 (A)There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts,
but the tongue of the wise brings (B)healing.
Psalm 59:7
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7 There they are, (A)bellowing with their mouths
with (B)swords in their lips—
for (C)“Who,” they think,[a] “will hear us?”
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- Psalm 59:7 Hebrew lacks they think
2 Corinthians 11:13
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13 For such men are (A)false apostles, (B)deceitful workmen, (C)disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
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2 Corinthians 4:2
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2 But we have renounced (A)disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice[a] cunning or (B)to tamper with God's word, but (C)by the open statement of the truth (D)we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.
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- 2 Corinthians 4:2 Greek to walk in
Acts 24:5
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5 For we have found this man a plague, (A)one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of (B)the sect of the Nazarenes.
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Acts 24:1
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Paul Before Felix at Caesarea
24 And (A)after five days the high priest (B)Ananias came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertullus. They laid before (C)the governor their case against Paul.
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Acts 6:11-13
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11 Then (A)they secretly instigated men who said, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” 12 And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came upon him and seized him and brought him before the council, 13 and they (B)set up false (C)witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against (D)this holy place and the law,
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Matthew 26:59
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59 Now the chief priests and the whole council[a] (A)were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,
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- Matthew 26:59 Greek Sanhedrin
Jeremiah 18:18
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18 Then they said, (A)“Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, (B)for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. (C)Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.”
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Jeremiah 9:3-4
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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.
4 (C)Let everyone beware of his neighbor,
and put no trust in any brother,
for every (D)brother is a deceiver,
and every neighbor (E)goes about as a slanderer.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 9:3 Septuagint; Hebrew and not for truth they have grown strong
Proverbs 30:14
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14 There are those whose teeth are (A)swords,
whose (B)fangs are knives,
to (C)devour the poor from off the earth,
the needy from among mankind.
Proverbs 6:16-19
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16 There are (A)six things that the Lord hates,
(B)seven that are an abomination to him:
17 (C)haughty eyes, (D)a lying tongue,
and (E)hands that shed innocent blood,
18 (F)a heart that devises wicked plans,
(G)feet that make haste to run to evil,
19 (H)a false witness who (I)breathes out lies,
and one who (J)sows discord among brothers.
Psalm 120:2
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2 Deliver me, O Lord,
from lying lips,
from a deceitful tongue.
Psalm 109:2
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2 For wicked and (A)deceitful mouths are opened against me,
speaking against me with lying tongues.
Psalm 64:2-6
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2 Hide me from (A)the secret plots of the wicked,
from the throng of evildoers,
3 who (B)whet their tongues like swords,
who (C)aim bitter words like arrows,
4 shooting from (D)ambush at the blameless,
shooting at him suddenly and (E)without fear.
5 They (F)hold fast to their evil purpose;
they talk of (G)laying snares secretly,
thinking, (H)“Who can see them?”
6 They search out injustice,
saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”
For (I)the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.
Psalm 50:19
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19 “You give your mouth free rein for evil,
(A)and your tongue frames deceit.
Revelation 12:10
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10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now (A)the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers[a] has been thrown down, (B)who accuses them day and night before our God.
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- Revelation 12:10 Or brothers and sisters
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