Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

Bible References

Givest

Psalm 52:3
Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.
Jeremiah 9:5
And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.

Tongue

Psalm 5:9
For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart is mischiefs, An open grave is their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.
Psalm 10:7
Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue is perverseness and iniquity,
Psalm 12:2
Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.
Psalm 36:3
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.
Psalm 55:12
For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear it, He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him.
Psalm 64:3
Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word.
Isaiah 59:3
For your hands have been polluted with blood, And your fingers with iniquity, Your lips have spoken falsehood, Your tongue perverseness doth mutter.
Hosea 4:2
Swearing, and lying, and murdering, And stealing, and committing adultery -- have increased, And blood against blood hath touched.
Romans 3:13
A sepulchre opened is their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps is under their lips.
James 3:5
so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle!
Revelation 21:8
and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part is in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'