Psalms 50:19
Thou lettest loose thy mouth with evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
In Context
18When thou seest a thief, then art thou pleased with him, and with adulterers hast thou thy portion.
20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; against thy own mother's son thou utterest slander.
Cross References
Psalms 5:9(5:10) For there is not in their mouth any sincerity; their inward part is full of deception; an open sepulchre is their throat: they flatter with their tongue.
Psalms 12:2(12:3) Deceptively do they speak every one with his neighbor, with flattering lips, with a double heart do they speak.
Psalms 52:2(52:4) Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs, like a sharpened razor, thou worker of deceit.
Psalms 55:12(55:13) For it is not an enemy that reproached me; then I could bear it: not he that hateth me hath magnified himself against me; then I would have hidden myself from him;
Psalms 64:3(64:4) Who whet their tongue like a sword, who aim with their arrow, the bitter word:
Jeremiah 9:5(9:4) And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and the truth will they not speak: they have taught their tongue to speak falsehood, they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
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 →