Psalms 50:19
Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
In Context
18If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers [is] thy portion.
20Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.
Cross References
Psalms 5:9For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart [is] mischiefs, An open grave [is] their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.
Psalms 12:2Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.
Psalms 52:2Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
Psalms 55:12For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear [it], He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him.
Psalms 64:3Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow — a bitter word.
Jeremiah 9:5And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.
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 →