Psalms 55:21

“Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.” “The poison of vipers is under their lips.”

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips.

She said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not told me where your great strength lies.”

for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

“Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”

Don’t gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men;

Don’t draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.

If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.

for their hearts plot violence and their lips talk about mischief.

When his speech is charming, don’t believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.

Satan entered into Judas, who was also called Iscariot, who was counted with the twelve.

For those who are such don’t serve our Lord, Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought out falsehood.

My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,

With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.

If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer’s tongue.

Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer. You will cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you take away from among you the yoke, finger pointing, and speaking wickedly;

Yahweh says concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, “Peace!” and whoever doesn’t provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him:

Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;

Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, that he might deliver him to them.

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”

But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the price of the land?

but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the army, who could set the battle in array, with all kinds of instruments of war: fifty thousand who could command and were not of double heart.

“Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,

You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.

He says in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.”

Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.

He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn’t abhor evil.

Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God’s loving kindness endures continually.

Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Let them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.

For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.

“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says Yahweh.

For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you! Even they have cried aloud after you! Don’t believe them, though they speak beautiful words to you.

They will fall among those who are slain by the sword. She is delivered to the sword. Draw her away with all her multitudes.

As for both these kings, their hearts will be to do mischief, and they will speak lies at one table; but it won’t prosper, for the end will still be at the appointed time.

Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.

Jesus said to him, “You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky.”

They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”

He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.

Their tongue is a deadly arrow. It speaks deceit. One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart, he waits to ambush him.

Cain said to Abel, his brother, “Let’s go into the field.” While they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him.

Saul said to David, “Behold, my elder daughter Merab, I will give her to you as wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight Yahweh’s battles.” For Saul said, “Don’t let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.”

Saul commanded his servants, “Talk with David secretly, and say, ‘Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore be the king’s son-in-law.’ ”

David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and a gift from the king was sent after him.

Absalom came to the king, and said, “See now, your servant has sheep shearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant.”

You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither will you be afraid of destruction when it comes.

“How long will you torment me, and crush me with words?

Will he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft words to you?

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

“You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, “For”, they say, “who hears us?”

They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly.

who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,

He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.

“In his place a contemptible person will stand up, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom; but he will come in time of security, and will obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.

They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach, for you aren’t partial to anyone.

Judas, who betrayed him, answered, “It isn’t me, is it, Rabbi?” He said to him, “You said it.”

When they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don’t defer to anyone; for you aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

They asked him, “Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.

But Jesus said to him, “Judas, do you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?”

During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.