Psalm 52:2

New International Reader's Version

You plan ways to destroy others. Your tongue is like a blade that has a sharp edge. You are always telling lies.

Cross References

Psalm 109:2

Sinful people who lie and cheat have spoken against me. They have used their tongues to tell lies about me.

Psalm 120:2

Lord, save me from people whose lips tell lies. Save me from people whose tongues don’t tell the truth.

Psalm 50:19

You use your mouth to speak evil. You use your tongue to spread lies.

Psalm 57:4

Men who are like lions are all around me. I am forced to lie down among people who are like hungry animals. Their teeth are like spears and arrows. Their tongues are like sharp swords.

Psalm 59:7

Listen to what pours out of their mouths. The words from their lips are like swords. They think, “Who can hear us?”

Proverbs 12:18

The words of thoughtless people cut like swords. But the tongue of wise people brings healing.

Proverbs 18:21

Your tongue has the power of life and death. Those who love to talk will eat the fruit of their words.

Proverbs 30:14

Some people have teeth like swords. The teeth in their jaws are as sharp as knives. They are ready to eat up the poor people of the earth. They are ready to eat up those who are the most needy.

Jeremiah 18:18

They said, “Come on. Let’s make plans against Jeremiah. We’ll still have priests to teach us the law. We’ll always have wise people to give us advice. We’ll have prophets to bring us messages from the Lord. So come on. Let’s speak out against Jeremiah. We shouldn’t pay any attention to what he says.”

Matthew 26:59

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for something to use against Jesus. They wanted to put him to death.

Acts 24:1

Five days later Ananias the high priest went down to Caesarea. Some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus went with him. They brought their charges against Paul to the governor.

Acts 24:5

“We have found that Paul is a troublemaker. This man stirs up trouble among Jews all over the world. He is a leader of those who follow Jesus of Nazareth.

2 Corinthians 11:13

People like that are false apostles. They are workers who tell lies. They only pretend to be apostles of Christ.

2 Corinthians 4:2

Instead, we have given up doing secret and shameful things. We don’t twist God’s word. In fact, we do just the opposite. We present the truth plainly. In the sight of God, we make our appeal to everyone’s sense of what is right and wrong.

Revelation 12:10

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven. It said, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God have come. The authority of his Messiah has come. Satan, who brings charges against our brothers and sisters, has been thrown down. He brings charges against them in front of our God day and night.

1 Samuel 22:9

Doeg was standing with Saul’s officials. He was from Edom. He said, “I saw Jesse’s son David come to Ahimelek at Nob. Ahimelek is the son of Ahitub.