Psalm 5:9 - Tree of Life Version

⁹ Lead me, Adonai, in Your righteousness, because of my enemies. Make Your path straight before me.

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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 Ahava River so that we might humble ourselves before our God and seek from Him a straight way for us, our little ones, and all of our possessions.

Psalm 27:11

Teach me Your way, Adonai, and lead me on a level path— because of my enemies.

Psalm 51:6

Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You are just when You speak, and blameless when You judge.

Psalm 52:2

when Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul telling him, “David went to Ahimelech’s house.”

Psalm 62:4

How long will all of you assault a man, to crush him, like a leaning wall, a fence to be torn down?

Psalm 62:9

Trust in Him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart in His presence. God is our refuge. Selah

Psalm 64:6

They are firming up their evil plan. They talk about setting secret traps. They asked, “Who would see them?”

Psalm 69:19

Draw near to my soul and redeem it. Ransom me because of my foes.

Proverbs 29:5

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

Isaiah 26:7

The way of the righteous is straight. Upright One, You make smooth the path of the righteous.

Jeremiah 17:9

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable—who can know it?

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, purify your heart from wickedness, so that you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts lodge within you?

Micah 6:12

For the rich of the city are full of violence and its inhabitants speak lies. Their tongue in their mouth is deceit.

Luke 11:39

But the Lord said to him, “You Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

Luke 11:44

Woe to you, for you are like unmarked tombs, and people walk over them without knowing.”

Romans 3:13

Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they keep deceiving. The poison of vipers is under their lips.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For as you know and God is witness, we never came with a word of flattery or a motive of greed—