Psalms 5:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.”
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“For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart <FI>is<Fi> mischiefs, An open grave <FI>is<Fi> their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 5:9 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezra 8:21And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.
- Job 32:21I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.
- Psalms 12:2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
- Psalms 27:11Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors.
- Psalms 36:1An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
- Psalms 51:6Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
- Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
- Psalms 58:2No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
- Psalms 62:4They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah
- Psalms 62:9Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
- Psalms 64:6They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.
- Psalms 69:19You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.
- Psalms 111:1Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.
- Proverbs 29:5A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
- Isaiah 26:7The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.
- Jeremiah 4:14Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
- Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
- Micah 6:12For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
- Mark 7:21For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
- 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.
- Luke 11:44Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”
- Romans 1:29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
- Romans 3:13“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
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