12 Bible Verses about Deceitful Tongues

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Psalm 50:19

“You let your mouth loose in evil
And your tongue frames deceit.

Psalm 120:3

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

Psalm 144:11

Rescue me and deliver me out of the hand of aliens,
Whose mouth speaks deceit
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Psalm 35:20

For they do not speak peace,
But they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

Psalm 62:4

They have counseled only to thrust him down from his high position;
They delight in falsehood;
They bless with their mouth,
But inwardly they curse. Selah.

Psalm 36:3

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;
He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

Psalm 52:4

You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.

Jeremiah 9:8

“Their tongue is a deadly arrow;
It speaks deceit;
With his mouth one speaks peace to his neighbor,
But inwardly he sets an ambush for him.

Micah 6:12

“For the rich men of the city are full of violence,
Her residents speak lies,
And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

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