Psalms 5:9

For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.

Cross References (21)

  • Romans 3:13 (10)

    “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”

  • Jeremiah 9:3–6 (10)

    “They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do

  • Psalms 62:4 (8)

    They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardl

  • Micah 6:12 (7)

    For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mou

  • Proverbs 29:5 (6)

    A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

  • Psalms 51:6 (4)

    Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

  • Luke 11:44 (4)

    Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”

  • Psalms 52:2 (4)

    Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

  • Psalms 64:6 (3)

    They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.

  • Jeremiah 17:9 (3)

    The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

  • Psalms 12:2–3 (3)

    They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.

  • Psalms 58:2–3 (2)

    No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.

  • Psalms 62:9 (2)

    Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.

  • Psalms 111:1–3 (2)

    Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.

  • Job 32:21–22 (2)

    I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.

  • Mark 7:21–22 (2)

    For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

  • Jeremiah 4:14 (2)

    Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within yo

  • Romans 1:29–31 (2)

    They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife

  • Psalms 36:1–4 (2)

    For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD. An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:5 (1)

    As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!

  • Luke 11:39 (1)

    Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wicke