Psalms 50:19
With your mouth you say evil things; you use your tongue to spread lies.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
In Context
18When you see people stealing, you admire them; you associate with adulterers.
20You sit there and speak against your brother, slandering your own mother's son.
Cross References
Psalms 5:9Nothing they say can be trusted; their main desire is to destroy. Their throat is like an open grave; their tongues are full of flattery.
Psalms 12:2Everyone lies to their neighbors. They flatter with nice talk, but they don't mean what they say.
Psalms 52:2You plot to make people suffer; your words cut like a sharp razor, you liar!
Psalms 55:12The problem is that it's not an enemy who mocks me—I could stand that. It's not someone who hates me who insults me—I could avoid them.
Psalms 64:3What they say cuts like swords; they fire off poisonous words like arrows.
Jeremiah 9:5Everyone betrays their friends; no one tells the truth. They've made themselves into expert liars; they tire themselves out doing wrong.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 50:17-23
The Character of the Wicked. 16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. 18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. 20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. 21 These things hast thou done,… Read the whole commentary →