a[See ver. 2 above]
bDan. 7:8; Rev. 13:5; [Ps. 17:10]
cSee Prov. 12:13
dPs. 61:6
eDeut. 6:13; Isa. 45:23; 65:16
fPs. 107:42; Job 5:16; [Rom. 3:19]
g[Ps. 38:12; 41:5-8]
h[Prov. 12:13; 18:7]; See Ps. 7:16
i[Ps. 11:6; 18:13]
jch. 19:9; [Ps. 52:4, 5]
kch. 45:24, 25
m1 John 3:8, 12; [ver. 23]; See Matt. 13:38
nGen. 4:8, 9; 1 John 3:12, 15; [Rom. 5:12]
o[1 John 2:4]
pGen. 3:4; 2 Cor. 11:3; Rev. 12:9
qch. 22:15; 1 Cor. 6:9, 10; Gal. 5:19-21; Eph. 5:5; 1 Tim. 1:9; Heb. 12:14
rLuke 12:46
sch. 19:20
tch. 2:11; 20:6, 14

Psalms 12:3

3 May the Lord cut off all aflattering lips,
the tongue that makes bgreat boasts,

Psalms 59:12

12For cthe sin of their mouths, the words of their lips,
let them be trapped in their pride.
For the cursing and lies that they utter,

Psalms 63:11

11But dthe king shall rejoice in God;
all who eswear by him shall exult,
ffor the mouths of gliars will be stopped.

Psalms 140:9-11

9 As for the head of those who surround me,
let hthe mischief of their lips overwhelm them!
 10Let iburning coals fall upon them!
Let them be cast into fire,
into miry pits, no more to rise!
 11Let not the slanderer be established in the land;
let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!

Proverbs 12:19

19Truthful lips endure forever,
but ja lying tongue is but for a moment.

Isaiah 54:17

17no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed,
and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord
kand their vindication ▼
▼Or righteousness
 from me, declares the Lord.”

John 8:44

44 mYou are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. nHe was a murderer from the beginning, and odoes not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. pWhen he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Revelation of John 21:8

8 qBut as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, rtheir portion will be in sthe lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is tthe second death.”

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