His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
Parallel translations
- KJV His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
- BSB His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
- NKJV His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; Under his tongue is trouble and iniquity.
- NASB His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression; Under his tongue is harm and injustice.
- NLT Their mouths are full of cursing, lies, and threats. Trouble and evil are on the tips of their tongues.
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- Ps 7:14Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought out falsehood.
- Ps 140:9As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
- Ps 144:11Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
- Ps 64:3who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
- Jas 3:6–8And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
- Ps 52:4You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.
- Job 20:12“Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,
- Jer 9:3“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood; and they have grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says Yahweh.
- Ps 140:3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah.
- Ps 59:12For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.
- Ps 36:3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
- Ps 73:8They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
- Ps 41:6If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.
- Jer 9:6Your habitation is in the middle of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me,” says Yahweh.
- Matt 12:34You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
- Ps 62:4They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
- Prov 21:6Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
- Ps 55:21His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
- Ps 58:3The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
- Ps 5:9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.
- Rom 3:13–14“Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.” “The poison of vipers is under their lips”;
- Prov 30:8Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me;
- Isa 59:4No one sues in righteousness, and no one pleads in truth. They trust in vanity, and speak lies. They conceive mischief, and give birth to iniquity.
- Job 15:35They conceive mischief, and produce iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit.”
- Ps 12:2Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
- Ps 144:8whose mouths speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
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