Psalms 50:19

Thy mouth, hast thou thrust into wickedness, And, thy tongue, kept weaving deceit;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

In Context

18If thou sawest a thief, then didst thou run with him,—And, with adulterers, hath been thy chosen life;

20Thou wouldst sit down—Against thine own brother, wouldst thou speak, Against thine own mother’s son, wouldst thou expose a fault:—

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Cross References

Psalms 5:9For in his mouth is nothing worthy of trust, Their inward purpose, is engulphing ruin,—An opened sepulchre, is their throat, With their tongue, speak they smooth things.

Psalms 12:2Deception, speak they, every one with his neighbour,—with lips uttering smooth things—with a heart and a heart, do they speak.

Psalms 52:2Engulfing ruin, doth thy tongue devise, Like a whetted razor, working deceit;

Psalms 55:12For it is, not an enemy, that reproacheth me, Or I could bear it,—Not one that hath hated me, who, against me, hath magnified himself, Or I might hide myself from him;

Psalms 64:3Who have sharpened, like a sword, their tongue, Have made ready their arrow—a bitter word;

Jeremiah 9:5Yea, every one, of his neighbour, maketh a dupe, And, truth, they do not speak,—They have taught their tongue to speak falsehood, In acting perversely, they have wearied themselves.

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 →

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