Psalms 73:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.”
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“They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 73:9 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 5:2But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
- 2 Chronicles 32:15So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!”
- Job 21:14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
- Psalms 52:4You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.
- Daniel 3:15Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the statue I have made. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”
- Daniel 7:25He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time.
- Luke 18:4For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,
- 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.
- Revelation 13:6And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwell in heaven.
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