Psa 17:10, 52:1-2, 73:8-9, Pro 12:18, 15:2, 18:21, Jer 9:3-8, 18:18 | ESV | STEP | They close their hearts to pity ; with their mouths they speak arrogantly .

v[See ch. 8:21 above]

w[Ps. 57:4]

x[Ps. 12:2; 120:3]

y Ps. 28:3

z Hos. 7:6

aa ch. 11:19

ab[ch. 2:8; 5:13, 31; 6:13]

ac ch. 9:3, 8; Job 5:21; [Ps. 31:20]

Psalms 17:10

10 ^aThey close their hearts to pity;
with their mouths they ^bspeak arrogantly.

Psalms 52:1-2

The Steadfast Love of God Endures

To the choirmaster. A Maskil ^{▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term} of David, when ^dDoeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”

1 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?
The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
2 Your ^etongue plots destruction,
like ^fa sharp razor, you ^gworker of deceit.

Psalms 73:8-9

8 They scoff and ^hspeak with malice;
loftily they threaten oppression.
9 They set their mouths against the heavens,
and their tongue struts through the earth.

Proverbs 12:18

18 ⁱThere is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts,
but the tongue of the wise brings ^jhealing.

Proverbs 15:2

2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge,
but ^kthe mouths of fools pour out folly.

Proverbs 18:21

21 ^lDeath and life are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Jeremiah 9:3-8

3 ^mThey bend their tongue like a bow;
falsehood and not truth has grown strong ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew and not for truth they have grown strong} in the land;
for they proceed from evil to evil,
^oand they do not know me, declares the Lord.
4 ^pLet everyone beware of his neighbor,
and put no trust in any brother,
for every ^qbrother is a deceiver,
and every neighbor ^rgoes about as a slanderer.
5 Everyone deceives his neighbor,
and no one speaks the truth;
they have taught their tongue to speak lies;
they weary themselves committing iniquity.
6 Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit,
^sthey refuse to know me, declares the Lord.
7 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts:
“Behold, ^tI will refine them and ^utest them,
for what else can I do, ^vbecause of my people?
8 ^wTheir tongue is a deadly arrow;
^xit speaks deceitfully;
with his mouth ^yeach speaks peace to his neighbor,
but in his heart ^zhe plans an ambush for him.

Jeremiah 18:18

18 Then they said, ^aa“Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, ^abfor the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. ^acCome, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.”