Job 15:5
“For your guilt teaches your mouth,
And you choose [to speak] the language of the crafty and cunning.
Job 5:13
“He catches the [so-called] wise in their own shrewdness,
And the advice of the devious is quickly thwarted.
Job 9:22-24
“It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He destroys [both] the blameless and the wicked.’
Job 12:6
“The tents of the destroyers prosper;
And those who provoke God are [apparently] secure,
Whom God brings into their power.
Psalm 50:19-20
“You give your mouth to evil
And your tongue frames deceit.
Psalm 52:2-4
Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalm 64:3
Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword.
They aim venomous words as arrows,
Psalm 120:2-3
Rescue my soul, O Lord, from lying lips,
And from a deceitful tongue.
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.
Jeremiah 9:8
“Their tongue is a murderous arrow;
It speaks deceit;
With his mouth one speaks peace to his neighbor,
But in his heart he lays traps and waits in ambush for him.
Mark 7:21-22
Luke 6:45
James 1:26
If anyone thinks himself to be religious [scrupulously observant of the rituals of his faith], and does not control his tongue but deludes his own heart, this person’s religion is worthless (futile, barren).
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!
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Uttereth
Thou choosest
Bible References
Uttereth
“It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He destroys [both] the blameless and the wicked.’
“The tents of the destroyers prosper;
And those who provoke God are [apparently] secure,
Whom God brings into their power.
Thou choosest
“You give your mouth to evil
And your tongue frames deceit.
Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword.
They aim venomous words as arrows,
Rescue my soul, O Lord, from lying lips,
And from a deceitful tongue.
“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!