Psalm 5:9

Modern English Version

For there is no uprightness in their mouth; destruction is in their midst; their throat is an open tomb; they flatter with their tongue.

Cross References

Ezra 8:21

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

Psalm 27:11

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

Psalm 51:6

Behold, You desire truth in the inward being, and in my secret heart You will teach me wisdom.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue devises destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.

Psalm 62:4

They only conspire to cast him down from his high position; they delight in lies, they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly.    Selah

Psalm 62:9

Surely men of low degree are but a vapor; men of high degree are a lie; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than vapor.

Psalm 64:6

They devise injustice, saying “We have perfected a secret plot.” For the inward thought and the heart of man are deep.

Psalm 69:19

You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor; my adversaries are all known to You.

Proverbs 29:5

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

Isaiah 26:7

The way of the righteous is smooth; O Upright One, make the path of the righteous level.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is more deceitful than all things and desperately wicked; who can understand it?

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?

Micah 6:12

Her wealthy men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak deception, and their tongue in their mouth is treachery.

Luke 11:39

Then the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the dish. But inside you are full of extortion and wickedness.

Luke 11:44

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like unseen graves, and the men who walk over them are not aware of them.”

Romans 3:13

“Their throats are an open grave; with their tongues they have used deceit”; “the poison of vipers is under their lips”;

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For neither at any time did we come with flattering words, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed. God is our witness.