¹⁸ When you see a thief,
you make friends with him,
and you associate with adulterers.
¹⁹ You unleash your mouth for evil
and harness your tongue for deceit.
²⁰ You sit, maligning your brother,
slandering your mother’s son.

Cross References

Psalm 10:7

Cursing, deceit, and violence fill his mouth;
trouble and malice are under his tongue.

Psalm 5:9

For there is nothing reliable in what they say;
destruction is within them;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongues.

Psalm 12:2-3

They lie to one another;
they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.

Psalm 36:3-4

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

Psalm 52:2-4

Like a sharpened razor,
your tongue devises destruction,
working treachery.

Psalm 55:12

Now it is not an enemy who insults me—
otherwise I could bear it;
it is not a foe who rises up against me—
otherwise I could hide from him.

Psalm 55:21

His buttery words are smooth,
but war is in his heart.
His words are softer than oil,
but they are drawn swords.

Psalm 64:3-5

who sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim bitter words like arrows,

Isaiah 59:3-4

For your hands are defiled with blood
and your fingers, with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies,
and your tongues mutter injustice.

Jeremiah 9:5

Each one betrays his friend;
no one tells the truth.
They have taught their tongues to speak lies;
they wear themselves out doing wrong.

Hosea 4:2

Cursing, lying, murder, stealing,
and adultery are rampant;
one act of bloodshed follows another.

Romans 3:13-14

Their throat is an open grave;
they deceive with their tongues.
Vipers’ venom is under their lips.

James 3:5-9

So too, though the tongue is a small part of the body, it boasts great things. Consider how large a forest a small fire ignites.

Revelation 21:8

But the cowards, unbelievers, vile, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars—their share will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

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