Psalm 5:9 - Revised Version 1885

⁹ For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness: Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ For there is nothing trustworthy or steadfast or truthful in their talk; their heart is destruction [or a destructive chasm, a yawning gulf]; their throat is an open sepulcher; they flatter and make smooth with their tongue. [Rom. 3:13.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.

Common English Bible

⁹ Because there’s no truth in my enemies’ mouths, all they have inside them is destruction. Their throats are open graves; their tongues slick with talk.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Lord, lead me in your justice. Because of my enemies, direct my way in your sight.

Psalm 5:9 Cross References

Ezra 8:21

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way, for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

Psalm 27:11

Teach me thy way, O LORD; And lead me in a plain path, Because of mine enemies.

Psalm 51:6

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: And in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

Psalm 52:2

Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness; Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalm 62:4

They only consult to thrust him down from his excellency; They delight in lies: They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah

Psalm 62:9

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity.

Psalm 64:6

They search out iniquities; We have accomplished, say they, a diligent search: And the inward thought of every one, and the heart, is deep.

Psalm 69:19

Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: Mine adversaries are all before thee.

Proverbs 29:5

A man that flattereth his neighbour Spreadeth a net for his steps.

Isaiah 26:7

The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art up right dost direct the path of the just.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is desperately sick: who can know it?

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?

Micah 6:12

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Luke 11:39

And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

Luke 11:44

Woe unto you! for ye are as the tombs which appear not, and the men that walk over them know it not.

Romans 3:13

Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness, God is witness;