Psalm 5:9

New English Translation

For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.

Cross References

Ezra 8:21

I called for a fast there by the Ahava Canal, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and seek from him a safe journey for us, our children, and all our property.

Psalm 27:11

Teach me how you want me to live; lead me along a level path because of those who wait to ambush me!

Psalm 51:6

Look, you desire integrity in the inner man; you want me to possess wisdom.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.

Psalm 62:4

They spend all their time planning how to bring him down. They love to use deceit; they pronounce blessings with their mouths, but inwardly they utter curses. (Selah)

Psalm 62:9

Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.

Psalm 64:6

They devise unjust schemes; they disguise a well-conceived plot. Man’s inner thoughts cannot be discovered.

Psalm 69:19

You know how I am insulted, humiliated and disgraced; you can see all my enemies.

Proverbs 29:5

The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.

Isaiah 26:7

The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight.

Jeremiah 17:9

The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?

Jeremiah 4:14

“Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?

Micah 6:12

The city’s rich men think nothing of resorting to violence; her inhabitants lie, their tongues speak deceptive words.

Luke 11:39

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

Luke 11:44

Woe to you! You are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without realizing it!”

Romans 3:13

“Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips.”

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For we never appeared with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed – God is our witness –