Romans 3:13
“Their throat is an open grave;
They [habitually] deceive with their tongues.”
“The venom of asps is beneath their lips.”
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.
Psalm 140:3
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent’s;
Poison of a viper is under their lips.
Deuteronomy 32:33
“Their wine is the venom of serpents,
And the deadly poison of vipers.
Psalm 12:3-4
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
The tongue that speaks great things [in boasting];
Psalm 36:3
The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful;
He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalm 57:4
My life is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe out fire—
The sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.
Isaiah 59:3
For your hands are defiled with blood
And your fingers with wickedness [with sin, with injustice, with wrongdoing];
Your lips have spoken lies,
Your tongue mutters wickedness.
Jeremiah 5:16
“Their quiver is [filled with the dead] like an open grave;
They are all mighty men [heroes of their nation].
Jeremiah 9:3-5
“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.
Ezekiel 13:7
Did you not see (make up) a false vision and speak a lying divination when you said, ‘The Lord declares,’ but it is not I who have spoken?”’”
Matthew 12:34-35
Matthew 23:27-28
Romans 3:4
Certainly not! Let God be found true [as He will be], though every person be found a liar, just as it is written [in Scripture],
And prevail when You are judged [by sinful men].”
James 3:5-8
In the same sense, the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things.
See [by comparison] how great a forest is set on fire by a small spark!
Job 20:14-16
Yet his food turns [to poison] in his stomach;
It is the venom of vipers within him.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Throat
With their
The poison
General references
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Throat
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.
“Their quiver is [filled with the dead] like an open grave;
They are all mighty men [heroes of their nation].
With their
And prevail when You are judged [by sinful men].”
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.
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
The tongue that speaks great things [in boasting];
The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful;
He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
My life is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe out fire—
The sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.
For your hands are defiled with blood
And your fingers with wickedness [with sin, with injustice, with wrongdoing];
Your lips have spoken lies,
Your tongue mutters wickedness.
“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.
See [by comparison] how great a forest is set on fire by a small spark!
The poison
“Their wine is the venom of serpents,
And the deadly poison of vipers.
Yet his food turns [to poison] in his stomach;
It is the venom of vipers within him.
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent’s;
Poison of a viper is under their lips.
General references
“Their quiver is [filled with the dead] like an open grave;
They are all mighty men [heroes of their nation].