Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Bible References

An evil speaker

Psalm 12:3
LORD will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaks great things,
Proverbs 6:17
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Proverbs 12:13
A wicked man is snared by the transgression of [his] lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
Proverbs 17:20
He who has a wayward heart finds no good, and he who has a perverse tongue falls into mischief.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it shall eat the fruit of it.

Evil

Psalm 7:14
Behold [the wicked man], he travails with iniquity. Yea, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Psalm 9:16
LORD has made himself known. He has executed justice. The wicked man is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
Psalm 34:21
Evil shall kill the wicked, and those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.
Proverbs 13:21
Evil pursues sinners, but the righteous shall be recompensed with good.
Isaiah 3:11
Woe to the wicked! [It is] ill [with him], for what his hands have done shall be done to him.