Psa 10:7, 12:2, 52:2-4, 58:3-4, Isa 37:23, Mat 12:34-37, 15:18-20 | ESV | STEP | His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression ; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity .

t[See ver. 34 above]

u[Eph. 5:4, 11; 2 Pet. 1:8]

v Eccles. 12:14; Rom. 14:12; 1 Pet. 4:5

wSee Acts 17:31

x[ch. 5:22; James 3:2-12]

y ch. 12:34; James 3:6

z James 2:4

aa ch. 5:22, 28; See Ex. 20:13-16

ab Eph. 4:31; Col. 3:8; 1 Tim. 6:4

ac 1 Cor. 6:9, 10

ad Mark 7:2, 5

Psalms 10:7

7 ^aHis mouth is filled with cursing and ^bdeceit and ^coppression;
^dunder his tongue are ^emischief and ^finiquity.

Psalms 12:2

2 Everyone ^gutters lies to his neighbor;
with ^hflattering lips and ⁱa double heart they speak.

Psalms 52:2-4

2 Your ^jtongue plots destruction,
like ^ka sharp razor, you ^lworker of deceit.
3 You love evil more than good,
and ^mlying more than speaking what is right. Selah
4 You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.

Psalms 58:3-4

3 The wicked are ⁿestranged from the womb;
they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
4 ^oThey have venom like the venom of a serpent,
like the deaf adder that stops its ear,

Isaiah 37:23

23 “‘Whom have you mocked and reviled?
Against whom have you raised your voice
and lifted your eyes to the heights?
Against ^pthe Holy One of Israel!

Matthew 12:34-37

34 ^qYou brood of vipers! How can you speak good, ^rwhen you are evil? ^sFor out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 ^tThe good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. 36 I tell you, ^uon the day of judgment ^vpeople will give account for ^wevery careless word they speak, 37 for ^xby your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Matthew 15:18-20

18 But ^ywhat comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. 19 For out of the heart come ^zevil thoughts, ^aamurder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, ^abslander. 20 ^acThese are what defile a person. But ^adto eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.”