Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Uttereth
Thou choosest
Bible References
Uttereth
Job 9:22
“It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He destroys [both] the blameless and the wicked.’
“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.
“The tents of the destroyers prosper;
And those who provoke God are [apparently] secure,
Whom God brings into their power.
Mark 7:21 For from within, [that is] out the heart of men, come base and malevolent thoughts and schemes, acts of sexual immorality, thefts, murders, adulteries,
Luke 6:45 The [intrinsically] good man produces what is good and honorable and moral out of the good treasure [stored] in his heart; and the [intrinsically] evil man produces what is wicked and depraved out of the evil [in his heart]; for his mouth speaks from the overflow of his heart.
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).
Thou choosest
Psalm 50:19
“You give your mouth to evil
And your tongue frames deceit.
“You give your mouth to evil
And your tongue frames deceit.
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
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,
Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword.
They aim venomous words as arrows,
Psalm 120:2
Rescue my soul, O Lord, from lying lips,
And from a deceitful tongue.
Rescue my soul, O Lord, from lying lips,
And from a deceitful tongue.
Jeremiah 9:3
“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.
“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.
James 3:5
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!
See [by comparison] how great a forest is set on fire by a small spark!