Psalm 28:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

Speak

Mischief

Proverbs 26:23

General references

Proverbs 24:2

Bible References

Speak

They speak falsehood to one another;
With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak.

His speech was smoother than butter,
But his heart was war;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.

They have counseled only to thrust him down from his high position;
They delight in falsehood;
They bless with their mouth,
But inwardly they curse.

Selah.

“Their tongue is a deadly arrow;
It speaks deceit;
With his mouth one speaks peace to his neighbor,
But inwardly he sets an ambush for him.

Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who lead my people astray;
When they have something to bite with their teeth,
They cry, “Peace,”
But against him who puts nothing in their mouths
They declare holy war.

Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said.

Mischief

Behold, he travails with wickedness,
And he conceives mischief and brings forth falsehood.

His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression;

Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness.

He plans wickedness upon his bed;
He sets himself on a path that is not good;
He does not despise evil.

For the choir director. A Maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”
Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?
The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.

Like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross
Are burning lips and a wicked heart.

General references

For their minds devise violence,
And their lips talk of trouble.