Psalm 52:4

You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.

1 Samuel 22:18-19

Then the king said to Doeg, “You turn around and attack the priests.” And Doeg the Edomite turned around and attacked the priests, and he killed that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.

Psalm 120:3

What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you,
You deceitful tongue?

James 3:6-9

And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.

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Summary

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

General references

Bible References

Devouring

1 Samuel 22:18
Then the king said to Doeg, “You turn around and attack the priests.” And Doeg the Edomite turned around and attacked the priests, and he killed that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.

General references

Psalm 109:17
He also loved cursing, so it came to him;
And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler pays attention to falsehood,
All his ministers become wicked.