12 Bible Verses about Deceitful Tongues

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Psalm 50:19

"You give your mouth free rein for 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 from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Psalm 35:20

For they do not speak peace, but against those who are quiet in the land they devise words of deceit.

Psalm 62:4

They only plan to thrust him down from his high position. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. Selah

Psalm 36:3

The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and 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 deceitfully; with his mouth each speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he plans an ambush for him.

Micah 6:12

Your rich men are full of violence; your inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

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