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
Look, you desire integrity in the inner man; you want me to possess wisdom.
Psalm 58:2
No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth.
Psalm 62:4
They spend all their time planning how to bring him down. They love to use deceit; they pronounce blessings with their mouths, but inwardly they utter curses. (Selah)
Jeremiah 4:14
"Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?
Jeremiah 17:9
The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?
Mark 7:21
For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
Luke 11:39
But the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
Throat
Luke 11:44
Woe to you! You are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without realizing it!"
Romans 3:13
"Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips."
They
Psalm 12:2
People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.
Job 32:21
I will not show partiality to anyone, nor will I confer a title on any man.
Proverbs 29:5
The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.
1 Thessalonians 2:5
For we never appeared with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed -- God is our witness --
General references
Jeremiah 5:16
All of its soldiers are strong and mighty. Their arrows will send you to your grave.