Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

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Bible References

Devouring

1 Samuel 22:18
Then said the king to Doeg, Turn, thou, and fall upon the priests. So Doeg the Edomite turned, and, himself, fell upon the priests, and put to death, that day, four score and five men bearing an ephod of linen;
James 3:6
And, the tongue, is a fire, - as , the world of unrighteousness, the tongue, becometh fixed among our members, that which defileth the whole body and setteth on fire the wheel of our natural life, and is set on fire, by gehenna!

General references

Psalm 109:17
Because he loved cursing, May it have come upon him, Because he delighted not in blessing, May it have kept far from him;
Proverbs 29:12
When a ruler giveth heed to the word of falsehood, all his attendants, become lawless.