Psalm 50:19 “You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.”

Psalm 50:19

You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

World English Bible

“You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

American Standard Version

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou giuest thy mouth to euill, and with thy tongue thou forgest deceit.

Darby Translation

Thou lettest thy mouth loose to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit;

Young's Literal Translation

Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

Bible in Basic English

You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit.

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Cross references

“givest”

Jeremiah 9:5 Psalm 52:3–4

Jeremiah 9:5 · BSB

Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.

Psalm 52:3–4 · BSB

You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah

“tongue”

Psalm 10:7 Revelation 21:8 Psalm 5:9 Psalm 55:21 James 3:5–9 Psalm 55:12

Psalm 10:7 · BSB

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

Revelation 21:8 · BSB

But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

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.

Psalm 55:21 · BSB

His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.

James 3:5–9 · BSB

In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.

Psalm 55:12 · BSB

For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.

Also

Psalm 52:2–4

Psalm 52:2–4 · BSB

Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

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

In context

18When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.

20You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.

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