Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

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Bible References

Inward

Psalm 51:6
Behold, thou desire truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part thou will make me to know wisdom.
Psalm 58:2
No! In heart ye work wickedness. Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
Psalm 62:4
They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?
Mark 7:21
For from inside the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts,
Luke 11:39
And the Lord said to him, Now ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your interior is full of plundering and wickedness.

Throat

Luke 11:44
Woe to you scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye are like the unseen sepulchers, and the men who walk over them do not know.
Romans 3:13
Their throat is an open grave. With their tongues they deceive. The poison of asps is under their lips,

They

Psalm 12:2
They speak falsehood everyone with his neighbor. With flattering lip, and with a double heart, they speak.
Job 32:21
Let me not, I pray you, respect any man's person. Neither will I give flattering titles to any man.
Proverbs 29:5
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.
1 Thessalonians 2:5
For we came neither in word of flattery (at any time as ye know) nor a pretense of greed (God is witness)

General references

Jeremiah 5:16
Their quiver is an open sepulcher. They are all mighty men.