Psalm 52:4 “You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.”

Psalm 52:4

You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

World English Bible

You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.

American Standard Version

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou louest all wordes that may destroye, O deceitfull tongue!

Darby Translation

Thou hast loved all devouring words, O deceitful tongue!

Young's Literal Translation

Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

Bible in Basic English

Destruction is in all your words, O false tongue.

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Cross references

“devouring”

James 3:6–9 1 Samuel 22:18 1 Samuel 22:19

James 3:6–9 · 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.

1 Samuel 22:18 · BSB

So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.

1 Samuel 22:19 · BSB

He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, with its men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.

Also

Psalm 120:3

Psalm 120:3 · BSB

What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?

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

In context

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

5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

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