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 attacked the priests, and that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the [priest’s] 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 [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 hell (Gehenna).

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Summary

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

General references

Bible References

Devouring

1 Samuel 22:18
So the king said to Doeg, “You turn around and attack the priests.” And Doeg the Edomite turned and attacked the priests, and that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the [priest’s] linen ephod.
James 3:6
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 hell (Gehenna).

General references

Psalm 109:17

He also loved cursing, and it came [back] to him;
He did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler pays attention to lies [and encourages corruption],
All his officials will become wicked.