Psalm 52:2 “Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of de…”

Psalm 52:2

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

World English Bible

Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

American Standard Version

Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thy tongue imagineth mischiefe, and is like a sharpe rasor, that cutteth deceitfully.

Darby Translation

Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit.

Young's Literal Translation

Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

Bible in Basic English

Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.

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Cross references

“Thy”

Proverbs 6:16–19 Psalm 50:19 Psalm 64:2–6 Proverbs 30:14 Jeremiah 18:18 Matthew 26:59

Proverbs 6:16–19 · BSB

There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:

Psalm 50:19 · BSB

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

Psalm 64:2–6 · BSB

Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,

Proverbs 30:14 · BSB

there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.

Jeremiah 18:18 · BSB

Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his word…

Matthew 26:59 · BSB

Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.

“like”

Proverbs 18:21 Psalm 57:4 Proverbs 12:18 Psalm 59:7

Proverbs 18:21 · BSB

Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Psalm 57:4 · BSB

My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

Proverbs 12:18 · BSB

Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Psalm 59:7 · BSB

See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”

“working”

Psalm 109:2 Psalm 120:2 2 Corinthians 4:2 2 Corinthians 11:13

Psalm 109:2 · BSB

For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

Psalm 120:2 · BSB

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.

2 Corinthians 4:2 · BSB

Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the…

2 Corinthians 11:13 · BSB

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.

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

In context

1Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.

3You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah

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