Psalm 10:7 “His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice…”

Psalm 10:7

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

World English Bible

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

American Standard Version

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

Geneva Bible 1599

His mouth is full of cursing and deceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and iniquitie.

Darby Translation

His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

Young's Literal Translation

Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue [is] perverseness and iniquity,

Bible in Basic English

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.

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Cross references

“full”

Psalm 59:12 Psalm 62:4 Romans 3:14

Psalm 59:12 · BSB

By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.

Psalm 62:4 · BSB

They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah

Romans 3:14 · BSB

“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

“and deceit”

Psalm 7:14 Psalm 64:3 Psalm 36:3 Psalm 52:4 Jeremiah 9:3 Psalm 5:9

Psalm 7:14 · BSB

Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

Psalm 64:3 · BSB

who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

Psalm 36:3 · BSB

The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.

Psalm 52:4 · BSB

You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

Jeremiah 9:3 · BSB

“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.

Psalm 5:9 · BSB

For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.

“under”

Job 20:12

Job 20:12 · BSB

Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,

“mischief”

Psalm 140:9 Matthew 12:34 James 3:6–8 Job 15:35

Psalm 140:9 · BSB

May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.

Matthew 12:34 · BSB

You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

James 3:6–8 · BSB

The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

Job 15:35 · BSB

They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”

“vanity”

Psalm 144:11 Proverbs 21:6 Proverbs 30:8 Psalm 12:2 Psalm 41:6 Psalm 144:8

Psalm 144:11 · BSB

Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.

Proverbs 21:6 · BSB

Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.

Proverbs 30:8 · BSB

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.

Psalm 12:2 · BSB

They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.

Psalm 41:6 · BSB

My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.

Psalm 144:8 · BSB

whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.

Also

Psalm 140:3 Psalm 73:8

Psalm 140:3 · BSB

They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah

Psalm 73:8 · BSB

They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”

8He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.

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