12 Bible Verses about Deceitful Tongues

Most Relevant Verses

Psalm 50:19


“You give your mouth to 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 144:8


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

Psalm 144:11


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.

Psalm 35:20


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

Psalm 62:4


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.

Psalm 36:3


The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful;
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 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.

Micah 6:12


“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.

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