Psalm 52:4
You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.
1 Samuel 22:18-19
So the king said to Doeg, “You turn around and attack the priests.” And Doeg the Edomite turned and
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 [in a sense] a fire, the very world of injustice and unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our members as that which contaminates the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life [the cycle of man’s existence], and is itself set on fire by
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Devouring
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Devouring
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He also loved cursing, and it came [back] to him;
He did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
If a ruler pays attention to lies [and encourages corruption],
All his officials will become wicked.