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
Yet, you desire truth from the secret person within me. Deep down inside me teach me wisdom.
Psalm 58:2
No, in your heart you plot unrighteousness. You measure out the violence of your hands on the earth.
Psalm 62:4
They plan to force him out of his high position. They are happy to lie. They bless with their mouths, but in their hearts they curse.
Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart so that you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts lodge within you?
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately corrupt. Who can understand it?
Mark 7:21
It is from the heart that evil thoughts come such as: fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
Luke 11:39
The Lord said: You Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter. Yet your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
Throat
Luke 11:44
Woe to you! You are as the tombs that do not appear and men walk over them and do not know it.
Romans 3:13
Their throat is an open grave. They have practiced deceit with their tongues. The poison of snakes is under their lips. (Psalm 5:9)
They
Psalm 12:2
People speak lies to one another. They speak with flattering lips and with double-heart. (Double Heart: They say one thing but mean another.)
Job 32:21
I will not show partiality to any person or use flattery toward anyone.
Proverbs 29:5
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
1 Thessalonians 2:5
You know very well that we did not come to you with flattering talk (praise for selfish gain). We did not use words to cover up greed (insatiable desire for wealth). God is our witness!
General references
Jeremiah 5:16
Their quiver is like an open grave. All of them are mighty men.