Psalm 10:7 - The Message7-8 They carry a mouthful of spells, their tongues spit venom like adders. They hide behind ordinary people, then pounce on their victims. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 17697 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: Under his tongue is mischief and vanity. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, oppression (fraud); under his tongue are trouble and sin (mischief and iniquity). Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible7 Their mouths are filled with curses, dishonesty, violence. Under their tongues lie troublemaking and wrongdoing. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version7 He will rain down snares upon sinners. Fire and brimstone and windstorms will be the portion of their cup. Ver Capítulo |
“They savor evil as a delicacy, roll it around on their tongues, Prolong the flavor, a dalliance in decadence— real gourmets of evil! But then they get stomach cramps, a bad case of food poisoning. They gag on all that rich food; God makes them vomit it up. They gorge on evil, make a diet of that poison— a deadly diet—and it kills them. No quiet picnics for them beside gentle streams with fresh-baked bread and cheese, and tall, cool drinks. They spit out their food half-chewed, unable to relax and enjoy anything they’ve worked for. And why? Because they exploited the poor, took what never belonged to them.
“You have minds like a snake pit! How do you suppose what you say is worth anything when you are so foul-minded? It’s your heart, not the dictionary, that gives meaning to your words. A good person produces good deeds and words season after season. An evil person is a blight on the orchard. Let me tell you something: Every one of these careless words is going to come back to haunt you. There will be a time of Reckoning. Words are powerful; take them seriously. Words can be your salvation. Words can also be your damnation.”
“Their tongues shoot out lies like a bow shoots arrows— A mighty army of liars, the sworn enemies of truth. They advance from one evil to the next, ignorant of me.” God’s Decree. “Be wary of even longtime neighbors. Don’t even trust your grandmother! Brother schemes against brother, like old cheating Jacob. Friend against friend spreads malicious gossip. Neighbors gyp neighbors, never telling the truth. They’ve trained their tongues to tell lies, and now they can’t tell the truth. They pile wrong upon wrong, stack lie upon lie, and refuse to know me.” God’s Decree.
Listen to this, you who walk all over the weak, you who treat poor people as less than nothing, Who say, “When’s my next paycheck coming so I can go out and live it up? How long till the weekend when I can go out and have a good time?” Who give little and take much, and never do an honest day’s work. You exploit the poor, using them— and then, when they’re used up, you discard them.