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Psalms 5:9
For there is nothing trustworthy in their mouth; Their inward part is destruction itself. Their throat is an open grave; They flatter with their tongue.
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Psalms 140:3
They sharpen their tongues like a snake; The venom of a viper is under their lips. Selah
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Psalms 12:3-4
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;Who have said,“ With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?”
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Deuteronomy 32:33
Their wine is the venom of serpents, And the deadly poison of vipers.
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Romans 3:4
Far from it! Rather, God must prove to be true, though every person be found a liar, as it is written:“ So that You are justified in Your words, And prevail when You are judged.”
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Jeremiah 9:3-5
“ They bend their tongues like their bows; Lies and not truth prevail in the land; For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me,” declares the Lord.“ Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor, And do not trust any brother; Because every brother utterly betrays, And every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.Everyone deceives his neighbor And does not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies; They weary themselves committing wrongdoing.
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Matthew 23:27-28
“ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.So you too, outwardly appear righteous to people, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
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Psalms 52:2
Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.
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Psalms 36:3
The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
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Isaiah 59:3
For your hands are defiled with blood, And your fingers with wrongdoing; Your lips have spoken deceit, Your tongue mutters wickedness.
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Matthew 12:34-35
You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, express any good things? For the mouth speaks from that which fills the heart.The good person brings out of his good treasure good things; and the evil person brings out of his evil treasure evil things.
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Psalms 57:4
My soul is among lions; I must lie among those who devour, Among sons of mankind whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue is a sharp sword.
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James 3:5-8
So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things. See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!And the tongue is a fire, the very world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our body’s parts as that which defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race.But no one among mankind can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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Jeremiah 5:16
Their quiver is like an open grave, All of them are warriors.
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Ezekiel 13:7
Did you not see a false vision and tell a lying divination when you said,‘ The Lord declares,’ but it is not I who have spoken?” ’ ”
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Job 20:14-16
Yet his food in his stomach is changed To the venom of cobras within him.He swallows riches, But will vomit them up; God will expel them from his belly.He sucks the poison of cobras; The viper’s tongue kills him.