Psalm 5:9
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For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
In other translations
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
Hebrew words
כִּיkiforH3588אֵין'einthere notH369בְּפִיהוּbefihuin mouth hisH6310נְכוֹנָהnekhonah[is] a reliable [thing]H3559קִרְבָּםkirbaminner being theirH7130הַוּוֹתhavot[is] destruction<s>H1942קֶבֶר־kever-[is] a graveH6913פָּתוּחַpatuachopenH6605גְּרוֹנָםgeronamthroat theirH1627לְשׁוֹנָםleshonamtongue theirH3956יַחֲלִיקוּן׃yachalikunthey speak flattery !H2505
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Related verses
- Romans 3:13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
- Jeremiah 9:3-63 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord. 4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders. 5 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. 6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.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. 4 “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander. 5 Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity. 6 You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.
- Psalm 62:4They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah
- Micah 6:12For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
- Proverbs 29:5A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
- Luke 11:44Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”
- Psalm 51:6Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
- Psalm 52:2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
- Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
- Psalm 12:2-32 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:2 They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart. 3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
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