Isa 32:6, 59:4, 14, Jer 7:2-5, Rom 3:10-14, Jam 3:5-8 | ESV | STEP | For the fool speaks folly , and his heart is busy with iniquity , to practice ungodliness , to utter error concerning the Lord , to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied , and to deprive the thirsty of drink .

lCited from Ps. 5:9

m Jer. 5:16

nCited from Ps. 140:3

oCited from Ps. 10:7 (Gk.)

p[Ps. 12:3, 4; 73:8, 9]

q Ps. 120:2-4; Prov. 16:27

r Matt. 15:18

u Ps. 140:3; Eccles. 10:11; Rom. 3:13

Isaiah 32:6

6 For ^athe fool speaks folly,
and his heart is busy with iniquity,
to practice ungodliness,
to utter error concerning the Lord,
^bto leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied,
and to deprive the thirsty of drink.

Isaiah 59:4

4 ^cNo one enters suit justly;
no one goes to law honestly;
they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies,
^dthey conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

Isaiah 59:14

Judgment and Redemption

14 ^eJustice is turned back,
and righteousness stands far away;
for truth has stumbled in the public squares,
and uprightness cannot enter.

Jeremiah 7:2-5

2 ^f“Stand in the gate of the Lord’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord, all you men of Judah who enter these gates to worship the Lord. 3 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^gAmend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place. 4 ^hDo not trust in these deceptive words: ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’

5 “For if you truly ⁱamend your ways and your deeds, if you truly ^jexecute justice one with another,

Romans 3:10-14

10 as it is written:

^k“None is righteous, no, not one;
11 no one understands;
no one seeks for God.
12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
no one does good,
not even one.”
13 ^l“Their throat is ^man open grave;
they use their tongues to deceive.”
ⁿ“The venom of asps is under their lips.”
14 ^o“Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”

James 3:5-8

5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet ^pit boasts of great things.

How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! 6 And ^qthe tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, ^rstaining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, ^{▼▼Or wheel of birth} and set on fire by hell. ^{▼▼Greek Gehenna} 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, ^ufull of deadly poison.