12 Bible Verses about Deceitful Tongues

“You give your mouth to evil
And your tongue frames deceit.

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

Whose mouths speak deceit [without restraint],
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Set me free and rescue me from the hand of [hostile] foreigners,
Whose mouth speaks deceit [without restraint],
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

For they do not speak peace,
But they devise deceitful words [half-truths and lies] against those who are quiet in the land.

They consult only to throw him down from his high position [to dishonor him];
They delight in lies.
They bless with [the words of] their mouths,
But inwardly they curse. Selah.

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

His mouth is full of curses and deceit (fraud) and oppression;
Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness [injustice and sin].

You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.

“Their tongue is a murderous arrow;
It speaks deceit;
With his mouth one speaks peace to his neighbor,
But in his heart he lays traps and waits in ambush for him.

“Their throat is an open grave;
They [habitually] deceive with their tongues.”
“The venom of asps is beneath their lips.”

“For the rich men of the city are full of violence [of every kind];
Her inhabitants speak lies
And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.