Parallel Verses

New Heart English Bible

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

New American Standard Bible

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;
He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

King James Version

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

Holman Bible

The words of his mouth are malicious and deceptive;
he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.

International Standard Version

The words from his mouth are vain and deceptive. He has abandoned behaving wisely and doing good.

A Conservative Version

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise [and] to do good.

American Standard Version

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise and to do good.

Amplified


The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful;
He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

Bible in Basic English

In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

Darby Translation

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, to do good.

Julia Smith Translation

The words of his mouth vanity and deceit: he ceased to be circumspect, to do good.

King James 2000

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The words of his mouth [are] wickedness and deceit. He has ceased to have insight [and] to do good.

Modern King James verseion

The words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The words of his mouth are unrighteous and full of deceit; he hath left off to behave himself wisely, and to do good.

NET Bible

The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

The Emphasized Bible

The words of his mouth, are iniquity and deceit, he hath left off to show discretion by doing well:

Webster

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath ceased to be wise, and to do good.

World English Bible

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

Youngs Literal Translation

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.

References

Hastings

Context Readings

How Precious Is Your Steadfast Love

2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to detect and hate his sin. 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good. 4 He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn't abhor evil.

Cross References

Psalm 10:7

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

Psalm 55:21

His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

Jeremiah 4:22

"For my people are foolish, they do not know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but to do good they have no knowledge."

1 Samuel 11:6-13

The Spirit of God came mightily on Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly.

1 Samuel 13:13-14

Samuel said to Saul, "You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which he commanded you; for now the LORD would have established your kingdom on Israel forever.

1 Samuel 15:26

Samuel said to Saul, "I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel."

1 Samuel 16:14

Now the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.

1 Samuel 18:21

Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, "You shall this day be my son-in-law a second time."

1 Samuel 19:6-7

Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, "As the LORD lives, he shall not be put to death."

1 Samuel 26:21

Then Saul said, "I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly."

Psalm 5:9

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb; with their tongue they are deceitful.

Psalm 12:2-3

Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

Psalm 58:3

The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

Psalm 94:8

Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?

Psalm 125:5

But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, The LORD will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be on Israel.

Psalm 140:3

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper's poison is under their lips. Selah.

Zephaniah 1:6

those who have turned back from following the LORD, and those who haven't sought the LORD nor inquired after him.

Matthew 22:15-18

Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.

Matthew 22:35

One of them, a Law scholar, asked him a question, testing him.

Hebrews 10:39

But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.

1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.

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