Psalm 10:7
His mouth is full of curses and deceit (fraud) and oppression;
Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness [injustice and sin].
Psalm 7:14
Behold, the [wicked and irreverent] man is pregnant with sin,
And he conceives mischief and gives birth to lies.
Job 20:12
“Though evil and wickedness are sweet in his mouth
And he hides it under his tongue,
Psalm 36:3
The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful;
He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
Psalm 140:3
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent’s;
Poison of a viper is under their lips.
Job 15:35
“They conceive mischief and bring forth wickedness,
And their inmost soul prepares deceit and fraud.”
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 12:2
They speak deceitful and worthless words to one another;
With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
Psalm 41:6
And when one comes to see me, he speaks empty words,
While his heart gathers malicious gossip [against me];
When he goes away, he tells it [everywhere].
Psalm 52:4
You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.
Psalm 55:21
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter,
But his heart was hostile;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.
Psalm 58:3
The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These go astray from birth, speaking lies [even twisted partial truths].
Psalm 59:12
For the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips,
Let them even be trapped in their pride,
And on account of the curses and lies which they tell.
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 64:3
Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword.
They aim venomous words as arrows,
Psalm 73:8
They mock and wickedly speak of oppression;
They speak loftily [with malice].
Psalm 140:9
“Those who surround me raise their heads;
May the mischief of their own lips come upon them.
Psalm 144:8
Whose mouths speak deceit [without restraint],
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Psalm 144:11
Set me free and rescue me from the hand of [hostile] foreigners,
Whose mouth speaks deceit [without restraint],
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Proverbs 21:6
Acquiring treasures by a lying tongue
Is a fleeting vapor, the seeking and pursuit of death.
Proverbs 30:8
Keep deception and lies far from me;
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with the food that is my portion,
Isaiah 59:4
No one sues righteously [but for the sake of doing injury to others—to take some undue advantage], and no one pleads [his case] in truth; [but rather]
They trust in empty arguments and speak lies;
They conceive trouble and bring forth injustice.
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.
Jeremiah 9:6
“Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit [oppression upon oppression and deceit upon deceit];
Through deceit they refuse to know (understand) Me,” says the Lord.
Matthew 12:34
Romans 3:13-14
“Their throat is an open grave;
They [habitually] deceive with their tongues.”
“The venom of asps is beneath their lips.”
James 3:6-8
And the tongue is [in a sense] a fire, the very world of injustice and unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our members as that which contaminates the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life [the cycle of man’s existence], and is itself set on fire by
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For the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips,
Let them even be trapped in their pride,
And on account of the curses and lies which they tell.
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.
“Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
And deceit
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.
Behold, the [wicked and irreverent] man is pregnant with sin,
And he conceives mischief and gives birth to lies.
The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful;
He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter,
But his heart was hostile;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.
The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These go astray from birth, speaking lies [even twisted partial truths].
Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword.
They aim venomous words as arrows,
No one sues righteously [but for the sake of doing injury to others—to take some undue advantage], and no one pleads [his case] in truth; [but rather]
They trust in empty arguments and speak lies;
They conceive trouble and bring forth injustice.
“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.
“Their throat is an open grave;
They [habitually] deceive with their tongues.”
“The venom of asps is beneath their lips.”
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“Though evil and wickedness are sweet in his mouth
And he hides it under his tongue,
Vanity
They speak deceitful and worthless words to one another;
With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
And when one comes to see me, he speaks empty words,
While his heart gathers malicious gossip [against me];
When he goes away, he tells it [everywhere].
Whose mouths speak deceit [without restraint],
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Acquiring treasures by a lying tongue
Is a fleeting vapor, the seeking and pursuit of death.
Keep deception and lies far from me;
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with the food that is my portion,
General references
For their minds plot violence,
And their lips talk of trouble [for the innocent].
“Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”