Psalms 10:7

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression, with malice under his tongue. Corrupt speech reveals a corrupt heart.

Cross-references · 26

• Ps 7:14Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
• Ps 140:9May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
• Ps 144:11Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
• Ps 64:3who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
• Jas 3:6–8The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
• Ps 52:4You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.
• Job 20:12Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,
• Jer 9:3“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
• Ps 140:3They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
• Ps 59:12By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
• Ps 36:3The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
• Ps 73:8They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
• Ps 41:6My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.
• Jer 9:6You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.
• Matt 12:34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
• Ps 62:4They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah
• Prov 21:6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
• Ps 55:21His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
• Ps 58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
• Ps 5:9For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
• Rom 3:13–14“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
• Prov 30:8Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
• Isa 59:4No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
• Job 15:35They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
• Ps 12:2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
• Ps 144:8whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.

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