The tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. Treasury of Scripture Thy Psalm 50:19 You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit. Psalm 64:2-6 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity... Psalm 140:2,3 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war... Proverbs 6:16-19 These six things does the LORD hate: yes, seven are an abomination to him... Proverbs 30:14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth... Jeremiah 9:3,4 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth on the earth... Jeremiah 18:18 Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise... Matthew 26:59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; Acts 6:11-13 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God... Acts 24:1,5 And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus... Revelation 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ... like Psalm 57:4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows... Psalm 59:7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, does hear? Proverbs 12:18 There is that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. working Psalm 109:2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. Psalm 120:2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. 2 Corinthians 4:2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully... 2 Corinthians 11:13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
Context Why Do You Boast of Mischief?
1Why boast you yourself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endures continually. 2The tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. 3You love evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. 4You love all devouring words, O you deceitful tongue. 5God shall likewise destroy you for ever, he shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah. 6The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: 7See, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. 8But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. 9I will praise you for ever, because you have done it: and I will wait on your name; for it is good before your saints. Parallel Verses American Standard Version Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Douay-Rheims Bible All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit.
Darby Bible Translation Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit.
King James Bible Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.
Young's Literal Translation Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
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