Romans 3:13
New King James Version
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”;
Footnotes
- Romans 3:13 grave
Psalm 5:9
New King James Version
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 140:3
New King James Version
3 They sharpen their tongues like a serpent;
The (A)poison of asps is under their lips. Selah
James 3:5-8
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5 Even so (A)the tongue is a little member and (B)boasts great things.
See how great a forest a little fire kindles! 6 And (C)the tongue is a fire, a world of [a]iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it (D)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, (E)full of deadly poison.
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Matthew 23:27-28
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27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (A)For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. 28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
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Matthew 12:34-35
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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. 35 A good man out of the good treasure [b]of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.
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- Matthew 12:34 Offspring
- Matthew 12:35 NU, M omit of his heart
Ezekiel 13:7
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7 Have you not seen a futile vision, and have you not spoken false divination? You say, ‘The Lord says,’ but I have not spoken.”
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Jeremiah 9:3-5
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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.
4 “Everyone(D) take heed to his [a]neighbor,
And do not trust any brother;
For every brother will utterly supplant,
And every neighbor will (E)walk with slanderers.
5 Everyone will (F)deceive his neighbor,
And will not speak the truth;
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
They weary themselves to commit iniquity.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 9:4 friend
Jeremiah 5:16
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16 Their quiver is like an open tomb;
They are all mighty men.
Isaiah 59:3
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3 For (A)your hands are defiled with [a]blood,
And your fingers with iniquity;
Your lips have spoken lies,
Your tongue has muttered perversity.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 59:3 bloodshed
Psalm 57:4
New King James Version
4 My soul is among lions;
I lie among the sons of men
Who are set on fire,
(A)Whose teeth are spears and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalm 52:2
New King James Version
2 Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
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 3:4
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4 (A)Certainly not! Indeed, let (B)God be [a]true but (C)every man a liar. As it is written:
(D)“That You may be justified in Your words,
And may overcome when You are judged.”
Footnotes
- Romans 3:4 Found true
Psalm 12:3-4
New King James Version
3 May the Lord [a]cut off all flattering lips,
And the tongue that speaks [b]proud things,
4 Who have said,
“With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own;
Who is lord over us?”
Footnotes
- Psalm 12:3 destroy
- Psalm 12:3 great
Deuteronomy 32:33
New King James Version
Job 20:14-16
New King James Version
14 Yet his food in his stomach turns sour;
It becomes cobra venom within him.
15 He swallows down riches
And vomits them up again;
God casts them out of his belly.
16 He will suck the poison of cobras;
The viper’s tongue will slay him.
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