Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

Grievous things

Bible References

The lying

Psalm 12:3
The LORD will cut off all slippery lips, and the tongue that boasts great things,
Psalm 59:12
The sin of their mouth is the word on their lips. They will be caught in their own conceit; for they speak curses and lies.
Psalm 63:11
But as for the king, he will rejoice in God. Indeed, everyone who swears by God will exult, because the mouths of liars will be silenced. To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.
Psalm 140:9
May those who surround me discover that the trouble they talk about falls on their own head!
Proverbs 12:19
A truthful saying is trusted forever, but the liar only for a moment.
Isaiah 54:17
no weapon that is forged against you will be effective. This is the heritage of the LORD's servants, and their righteousness from me," says the LORD.
John 8:44
You belong to your father the Devil, and you want to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and has never stood for truth, since there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
Revelation 21:8
But people who are cowardly, unfaithful, detestable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars will find themselves in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death."
Revelation 22:15
Outside are dogs, sorcerers, immoral people, murderers, idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Speak

Psalm 64:3
who sharpen their tongues like swords, and aim their bitter words like arrows,
Psalm 123:3
Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy, for we have had more than enough of contempt.
1 Samuel 2:3
Don't continue to talk proudly, and don't speak arrogantly, for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
2 Chronicles 32:16
King Sennacherib's spokesmen said even worse things against the LORD God and against his servant Hezekiah.
Isaiah 37:22
This is the message that the LORD has spoken in opposition to him: ""The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem she tosses her head behind you as you flee.
Matthew 10:25
It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher and a slave to be like his master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they do the same to those of his household!"
Matthew 12:24
But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, "This man drives out demons only by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons."
John 8:48
The Jewish leaders replied to him, "Surely we're right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon, aren't we?"
Acts 25:7
When Paul arrived, the Jewish leaders who had come down from Jerusalem surrounded him and began bringing a number of serious charges against him that they couldn't prove.

Grievous things

Psalm 94:4
When they speak, they spew arrogance. Everyone who practices iniquity brags about it.
Jude 1:15
15He will judge all people and convict everyone of all the ungodly things that they have done in such an ungodly way, including all the harsh things that these ungodly sinners have said about him."

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