12 Bible Verses about Deceitful Tongues

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You unleash your mouth for evil
and harness your tongue for deceit.

What will He give you,
and what will He do to you,
you deceitful tongue?

Set me free and rescue me
from the grasp of foreigners
whose mouths speak lies,
whose right hands are deceptive.

For they do not speak in friendly ways,
but contrive deceitful schemes
against those who live peacefully in the land.

They only plan to bring him down
from his high position.
They take pleasure in lying;
they bless with their mouths,
but they curse inwardly.Selah

The words of his mouth are malicious and deceptive;
he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.

You love any words that destroy,
you treacherous tongue!

Their tongues are deadly arrows—
they speak deception.
With his mouth
a man speaks peaceably with his friend,
but inwardly he sets up an ambush.

For the wealthy of the city are full of violence,
and its residents speak lies;
the tongues in their mouths are deceitful.

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