Psalms 52:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.”
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BSBPD
“You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 52:4 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 22:18So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.
- Psalms 50:19You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.
- Psalms 120:3What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
- Psalms 140:4Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.
- James 3:6The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
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