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.
Throat
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Bible References
Inward
Psalm 51:6
Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
Psalm 58:2
No, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth.
Psalm 62:4
They only plan to thrust him down from his high position. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. Selah
Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, wash your heart from evil, that you may be saved. How long shall your wicked thoughts lodge within you?
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
Mark 7:21
For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
Luke 11:39
And the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
Throat
Luke 11:44
Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without knowing it."
Romans 3:13
"Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive." "The venom of asps is under their lips."
They
Psalm 12:2
Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
Job 32:21
I will not show partiality to any man or use flattery toward any person.
Proverbs 29:5
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
1 Thessalonians 2:5
For we never came with words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed--God is witness.
General references
Jeremiah 5:16
Their quiver is like an open tomb; they are all mighty warriors.