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Romans 3:13
“ Their throat is an open grave, With their tongues they keep deceiving,”“ The venom of asps is under their lips”;
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Psalms 62:4
They have planned only to thrust him down from his high position; They delight in falsehood; They bless with their mouth, But inwardly they curse. Selah
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Micah 6:12
For the rich people of the city are full of violence, Her residents speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
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Psalms 51:6
Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in secret You will make wisdom known to me.
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Jeremiah 9:3-6
“ They bend their tongues like their bows; Lies and not truth prevail in the land; For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me,” declares the Lord.“ Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor, And do not trust any brother; Because every brother utterly betrays, And every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.Everyone deceives his neighbor And does not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies; They weary themselves committing wrongdoing.Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit; Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the Lord.
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Psalms 52:2
Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.
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Proverbs 29:5
A man who flatters his neighbor Is spreading a net for his steps.
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Luke 11:44
Woe to you! For you are like unseen tombs, and the people who walk over them are unaware of it.”
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Psalms 36:1-4
Wrongdoing speaks to the ungodly within his heart; There is no fear of God before his eyes.For it flatters him in his own eyes Concerning the discovery of his wrongful deed and the hatred of it.The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good.He plans wickedness on his bed; He sets himself on a path that is not good; He does not reject evil.
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Romans 1:29-31
people having been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice; they are gossips,slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,without understanding, untrustworthy, unfeeling, and unmerciful;
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Psalms 62:9
People of low standing are only breath, and people of rank are a lie; In the balances they go up. Together they are lighter than breath.
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Job 32:21-22
Let me be partial to no one, Nor flatter any man.For I do not know how to flatter, Otherwise my Maker would quickly take me away.
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Psalms 64:6
They devise injustices, saying,“ We are ready with a well conceived plot”; For the inward thought and the heart of a person are deep.
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Psalms 12:2-3
They speak lies to one another; They speak with flattering lips and a double heart.May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;
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Psalms 58:2-3
No, in heart you practice injustice; On earth you clear a way for the violence of your hands.The wicked have turned away from the womb; These who speak lies go astray from birth.
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Psalms 111:1-3
Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart, In the company of the upright and in the assembly.Great are the works of the Lord; They are studied by all who delight in them.Splendid and majestic is His work, And His righteousness endures forever.
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1 Thessalonians 2 5
For we never came with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed— God is our witness—
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Luke 11:39
But the Lord said to him,“ Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the dish; but your inside is full of greed and wickedness.
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Mark 7:21-22
For from within, out of the hearts of people, come the evil thoughts, acts of sexual immorality, thefts, murders, acts of adultery,deeds of greed, wickedness, deceit, indecent behavior, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.
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Jeremiah 4:14
Wash your heart from evil, Jerusalem, So that you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts Lodge within you?
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Jeremiah 17:9
“ The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it?