Psalms 62:4

His enemies plot to topple him from his honored place, hiding curses behind flattering words. It unmasks their deceit and inward hostility.

Cross-references · 26

• 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 28:3Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.
• 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 7:22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
• Rom 1:32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
• Rev 22:15But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
• John 11:47–50Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
• Acts 4:16–17“What shall we do with these men?” they asked. “It is clear to everyone living in Jerusalem that a remarkable miracle has occurred through them, and we cannot deny it.
• Acts 4:25–28You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
• John 8:44You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
• Ps 52:3You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah
• Hos 7:3They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.
• Ps 2:1–3Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
• Matt 22:15Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.
• Matt 2:3–4When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
• Matt 22:23That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.
• Matt 22:34–35And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.
• Prov 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
• Prov 13:5The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.
• Ps 51:6Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
• Matt 27:1When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
• Matt 26:3–4At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
• Luke 20:20So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor.
• Matt 2:16When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
• Luke 11:39“Now then,” said the Lord, “you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
• Ps 119:163I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.

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