12 Bible Verses about Deceitful Tongues
Most Relevant Verses
You give your mouth free rein for evil, and you harness your tongue to deceit.
What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, deceitful tongue?
Rescue me and deliver me from [the] hand of foreigners, whose mouth speaks falsely, and whose right hand [is] a false right hand,
For they do not speak peace, but against [the] quiet [ones] of [the] land they plan deceitful words.
They only plan to thrust [him] down from his high position; they are pleased [with] deception. With their mouths they bless, but {inwardly} they curse. Selah
The words of his mouth [are] wickedness and deceit. He has ceased to have insight [and] to do good.
His mouth is filled with cursing, with deceits and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and evil.
Their tongue [is] a murderous arrow, it speaks deceit. With his mouth he speaks peace with his neighbor, but in his inner parts he sets up his ambush.
Their throat [is] an opened grave; they deceive with their tongues; the venom of asps [is] under their lips,
Because her rich are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.
Bible Theasaurus
- Deceitful (88 instances)
- Tongues (76 instances)
