Psa 52:2-4, 64:3-4, 120:2-4, Isa 59:3-5, 13-15, Jer 9:5, 8, Mic 7:3-5 | ESV | STEP | Your tongue plots destruction , like a sharp razor , you worker of deceit .

Psalms 52:2-4

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

Psalms 64:3-4

3 who ^ewhet their tongues like swords,
who ^faim bitter words like arrows,
4 shooting from ^gambush at the blameless,
shooting at him suddenly and ^hwithout fear.

Psalms 120:2-4

2 Deliver me, O Lord,
from lying lips,
from a deceitful tongue.
3 What shall be given to you,
ⁱand what more shall be done to you,
you deceitful tongue?
4 ^jA warrior’s ^ksharp arrows,
with glowing ^lcoals of the broom tree!

Isaiah 59:3-5

3 ^mFor your hands are defiled with blood
and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies;
your tongue mutters wickedness.
4 ⁿNo one enters suit justly;
no one goes to law honestly;
they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies,
^othey conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
5 They hatch adders’ eggs;
they weave the spider’s web;
he who eats their eggs dies,
and from one that is crushed a viper is hatched.

Isaiah 59:13-15

13 transgressing, and denying the Lord,
and turning back from following our God,
^pspeaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.

Judgment and Redemption

14 ^qJustice is turned back,
and righteousness stands far away;
for truth has stumbled in the public squares,
and uprightness cannot enter.
15 Truth is lacking,
and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.
The Lord saw it, and it displeased him ^{▼▼Hebrew and it was evil in his eyes}
that there was no justice.

Jeremiah 9:5

5 Everyone deceives his neighbor,
and no one speaks the truth;
they have taught their tongue to speak lies;
they weary themselves committing iniquity.

Jeremiah 9:8

8 ^sTheir tongue is a deadly arrow;
^tit speaks deceitfully;
with his mouth ^ueach speaks peace to his neighbor,
but in his heart ^vhe plans an ambush for him.

Micah 7:3-5

3 ^wTheir hands are on what is evil, to do it well;
^xthe prince and ^ythe judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
thus they weave it together.
4 The best of them is ^zlike a brier,
the most upright of them a thorn hedge.
The day of ^aayour watchmen, of your punishment, has come;
^abnow their confusion is at hand.
5 ^acPut no trust in a neighbor;
have no confidence in a friend;
guard ^adthe doors of your mouth
from her who lies in your arms; ^{▼▼Hebrew bosom}