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Romans 3:13
“ Their talk is foul, like the stench from an open grave. Their tongues are filled with lies.”“ Snake venom drips from their lips.”
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Psalms 62:4
They plan to topple me from my high position. They delight in telling lies about me. They praise me to my face but curse me in their hearts. Interlude
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Micah 6:12
The rich among you have become wealthy through extortion and violence. Your citizens are so used to lying that their tongues can no longer tell the truth.
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Psalms 51:6
But you desire honesty from the womb, teaching me wisdom even there.
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Jeremiah 9:3-6
“ My people bend their tongues like bows to shoot out lies. They refuse to stand up for the truth. They only go from bad to worse. They do not know me,” says the Lord.“ Beware of your neighbor! Don’t even trust your brother! For brother takes advantage of brother, and friend slanders friend.They all fool and defraud each other; no one tells the truth. With practiced tongues they tell lies; they wear themselves out with all their sinning.They pile lie upon lie and utterly refuse to acknowledge me,” says the Lord.
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Psalms 52:2
All day long you plot destruction. Your tongue cuts like a sharp razor; you’re an expert at telling lies.
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Proverbs 29:5
To flatter friends is to lay a trap for their feet.
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Luke 11:44
Yes, what sorrow awaits you! For you are like hidden graves in a field. People walk over them without knowing the corruption they are stepping on.”
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Psalms 36:1-4
Sin whispers to the wicked, deep within their hearts. They have no fear of God at all.In their blind conceit, they cannot see how wicked they really are.Everything they say is crooked and deceitful. They refuse to act wisely or do good.They lie awake at night, hatching sinful plots. Their actions are never good. They make no attempt to turn from evil.
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Romans 1:29-31
Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip.They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They invent new ways of sinning, and they disobey their parents.They refuse to understand, break their promises, are heartless, and have no mercy.
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Psalms 62:9
Common people are as worthless as a puff of wind, and the powerful are not what they appear to be. If you weigh them on the scales, together they are lighter than a breath of air.
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Job 32:21-22
I won’t play favorites or try to flatter anyone.For if I tried flattery, my Creator would soon destroy me.
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Psalms 64:6
As they plot their crimes, they say,“ We have devised the perfect plan!” Yes, the human heart and mind are cunning.
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Psalms 12:2-3
Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.May the Lord cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues.
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Psalms 58:2-3
No! You plot injustice in your hearts. You spread violence throughout the land.These wicked people are born sinners; even from birth they have lied and gone their own way.
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Psalms 111:1-3
Praise the Lord! I will thank the Lord with all my heart as I meet with his godly people.How amazing are the deeds of the Lord! All who delight in him should ponder them.Everything he does reveals his glory and majesty. His righteousness never fails.
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1 Thessalonians 2 5
Never once did we try to win you with flattery, as you well know. And God is our witness that we were not pretending to be your friends just to get your money!
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Luke 11:39
Then the Lord said to him,“ You Pharisees are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy— full of greed and wickedness!
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Mark 7:21-22
For from within, out of a person’s heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder,adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.
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Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, cleanse your heart that you may be saved. How long will you harbor your evil thoughts?
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Jeremiah 17:9
“ The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?