9 For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
Psalms 5:9
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Romans 3:12–14
12 All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.” 13 “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.” 14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
Psalms 140:2–4
2 who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long. 3 They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah 4 Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.
Psalms 144:7–9
7 Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners, 8 whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful. 9 I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You—
Jeremiah 9:7–9
7 Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people? 8 Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but…
Psalms 10:6–8
6 He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.” 7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue. 8 He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in…
Psalms 59:6–8
6 They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city. 7 See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?” 8 But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.
Proverbs 24:1–3
1 Do not envy wicked men or desire their company; 2 for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble. 3 By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;
Psalms 109:1–3
1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent. 2 For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues. 3 They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
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