Psalms 50:19
“You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
In Context
18When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.
20You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother’s son.
Cross References
Psalms 5:9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.
Psalms 12:2Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
Psalms 52:2Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalms 55:12For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hidden myself from him.
Psalms 64:3who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
Jeremiah 9:5Friends deceive each other, and will not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They weary themselves committing 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 →