Psalms 50:19
You let your mouth loose for evil, your tongue contrives deceit.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
In Context
18When you see a thief, you run with them; with adulterers you keep company.
20You shamefully speak of your kin, and slander your own mother’s son.
Cross References
Psalms 5:9For their mouth is a stranger to truth, their heart is a pit of destruction. Their throat is a wide open grave, their tongue the smooth tongue of the hypocrite.
Psalms 12:2One lies to another, speaking empty lies, with flattering lips and false hearts they speak.
Psalms 52:2Engulfing ruin you plot, your tongue like a razor sharpened, you practiser of deceit.
Psalms 55:12The taunts were not those of a foe that I could have borne; the disdain was not that of an enemy I could have shunned them:
Psalms 64:3who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and aimed bitter words like arrows,
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 →