¹ {To the chief Musician: an instruction. Of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David came to the house of Ahimelech.} Why boastest thou thyself in evil, thou mighty man? The loving-kindness of God abideth continually. ² Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit. ³ Thou hast loved evil rather than good, lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

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Psalm 57:4

My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down among them that breathe out flames, the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Psalm 50:19

Thou lettest thy mouth loose to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit;

Psalm 59:7

Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: for who say they doth hear?

Psalm 64:2-6

Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,

Psalm 109:2

For the mouth of the wicked man and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue,

Psalm 120:2

Jehovah, deliver my soul from the lying lip, from the deceitful tongue.

Psalm 140:2-3

Who devise mischiefs in their heart; every day are they banded together for war.

Proverbs 6:16-19

These six things doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

Proverbs 12:18

There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Proverbs 30:14

a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw-teeth knives, to devour the afflicted from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

Jeremiah 9:3-4

And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood, and not for fidelity are they valiant in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.

Jeremiah 18:18

And they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor word from the prophet. Come and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

Matthew 26:59

And the chief priests and the elders and the whole sanhedrim sought false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.

Acts 6:11-13

Then they suborned men, saying, We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.

Acts 24:1

And after five days came down the high priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator called Tertullus, and laid their informations against Paul before the governor.

Acts 24:5

For finding this man a pest, and moving sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a leader of the sect of the Nazaraeans;

2 Corinthians 4:2

But we have rejected the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.

2 Corinthians 11:13

For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.

Revelation 12:10

And I heard a great voice in the heaven saying, Now is come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; for the accuser of our brethren has been cast out, who accused them before our God day and night:

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