You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.
Cross References
Psalm 10:7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
Psalm 36:3The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
Psalm 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
Treasury of Scripture
You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
givest [heb.
Psalm 52:3-4
Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah…
Jeremiah 9:5
And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
tongue
Psalm 5:9
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.
Psalm 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Psalm 12:2,3
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak…
