Psalm 12:3
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3 They tell lies to one another,
speak with deceiving lips and a double heart.(A)
Psalm 28:3
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3 Do not drag me off with the wicked,
with those who do wrong,(A)
Who speak peace to their neighbors
though evil is in their hearts.(B)
Psalm 57:5
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5 I must lie down in the midst of lions
hungry for human prey.(A)
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
their tongue, a sharpened sword.(B)
Psalm 62:5
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5 Even highly placed people
plot to overthrow him.
They delight in lies;
they bless with their mouths,
but inwardly they curse.(A)
Selah
Psalm 64:4
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4 They sharpen their tongues like swords,
bend their bows of poison words.(A)
Proverbs 26:24-28
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24 With their lips enemies pretend,
but inwardly they maintain deceit;
25 When they speak graciously, do not trust them,(A)
for seven abominations[a] are in their hearts.
26 Hatred can be concealed by pretense,
but malice will be revealed in the assembly.[b]
27 Whoever digs a pit falls into it;
and a stone comes back upon the one who rolls it.(B)
28 The lying tongue is its owner’s enemy,
and the flattering mouth works ruin.
Jeremiah 9:7
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7 A murderous arrow is their tongue,
their mouths utter deceit;
They speak peaceably with their neighbors,
but in their hearts they lay an ambush!(A)
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