Psalm 5:9
For there is nothing trustworthy or reliable or truthful in what they say;
Their heart is destruction [just a treacherous chasm, a yawning gulf of lies].
Their throat is an open grave;
They [glibly] flatter with their [silken] tongue.
Romans 3:13
“Their throat is an open grave;
They [habitually] deceive with their tongues.”
“The venom of asps is beneath their lips.”
Psalm 62:4
They consult only to throw him down from his high position [to dishonor him];
They delight in lies.
They bless with [the words of] their mouths,
But inwardly they curse. Selah.
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Luke 11:44
Job 32:21-22
“I will not [I warn you] be partial to any man [that is, let my respect for you mitigate what I say];
Nor flatter any man.
Psalm 12:2-3
They speak deceitful and worthless words to one another;
With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
Psalm 36:1-4
There is no fear (dread) of God before his eyes.
Psalm 51:6
Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being,
And in the hidden part [of my heart] You will make me know wisdom.
Psalm 58:2-3
No, in your heart you devise wrongdoing;
On earth you deal out the violence of your hands.
Psalm 62:9
Men of low degree are only a breath (emptiness), and men of [high] rank are a lie (delusion).
In the balances they go up [because they have no measurable weight or value];
They are together lighter than a breath.
Psalm 64:6
They devise acts of injustice, saying,
“We are ready with a well-conceived plan.”
For the inward thought and the heart of a man are deep (mysterious, unsearchable).
Psalm 111:1-3
I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart,
In the company of the upright and in the congregation.
Proverbs 29:5
A man who flatters his neighbor [with smooth words intending to do harm]
Is spreading a net for his own feet.
Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness,
That you may be saved.
How long will your wicked and immoral thoughts
Lodge within you?
Jeremiah 9:3-6
“They bend their tongue like their bow;
[Their] lies and not truth prevail and grow strong in the land;
For they proceed from evil to evil,
And they do not know and understand and acknowledge Me,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 17:9
“The heart is deceitful above all things
And it is
Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives?
Micah 6:12
“For the rich men of the city are full of violence [of every kind];
Her inhabitants speak lies
And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Mark 7:21-22
Luke 11:39
But the Lord said to him,
Romans 1:29-31
until they were filled (permeated, saturated) with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice and mean-spiritedness. They are gossips [spreading rumors],
1 Thessalonians 2:5
For as you well know, we never came with words of flattery nor with a pretext for greed—God is our witness—
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Throat
General references
Bible References
Inward
Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being,
And in the hidden part [of my heart] You will make me know wisdom.
No, in your heart you devise wrongdoing;
On earth you deal out the violence of your hands.
They consult only to throw him down from his high position [to dishonor him];
They delight in lies.
They bless with [the words of] their mouths,
But inwardly they curse. Selah.
O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness,
That you may be saved.
How long will your wicked and immoral thoughts
Lodge within you?
“The heart is deceitful above all things
And it is
Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives?
Throat
“Their throat is an open grave;
They [habitually] deceive with their tongues.”
“The venom of asps is beneath their lips.”
They
They speak deceitful and worthless words to one another;
With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
“I will not [I warn you] be partial to any man [that is, let my respect for you mitigate what I say];
Nor flatter any man.
A man who flatters his neighbor [with smooth words intending to do harm]
Is spreading a net for his own feet.
General references
“Their quiver is [filled with the dead] like an open grave;
They are all mighty men [heroes of their nation].