Psalms 52:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.”
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BSBPD
“Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 52:2 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 22:9But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.
- Psalms 50:19You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.
- Psalms 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
- Psalms 59:7See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
- Psalms 64:2Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,
- Psalms 109:2For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
- Psalms 120:2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
- Psalms 140:2who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.
- Proverbs 6:16There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
- Proverbs 12:18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
- Proverbs 18:21Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
- Proverbs 30:14there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
- Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 18:18Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”
- Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
- Acts 6:11Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”
- Acts 24:1Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.
- Acts 24:5We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
- 2 Corinthians 4:2Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
- 2 Corinthians 11:13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
- Revelation 12:10And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down— he who accuses them day and night before our God.
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