Psalm 55:11 “Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.”

Psalm 55:11

Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

World English Bible

Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don’t depart from her streets.

American Standard Version

Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.

Geneva Bible 1599

Wickednes is in the middes thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streetes.

Darby Translation

Perversities are in the midst thereof; and oppression and deceit depart not from its streets.

Young's Literal Translation

Mischiefs [are] in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street.

Bible in Basic English

Evil is there; cruel rule and deceit are ever in the streets.

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Cross references

“Wickedness”

Ezekiel 22:1–12 Acts 7:51 Acts 7:52

Ezekiel 22:1–12 · BSB

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Acts 7:51 · BSB

You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

Acts 7:52 · BSB

Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—

“deceit”

Isaiah 59:7 Jeremiah 9:3–5 Matthew 26:4 Psalm 109:2 Psalm 109:3 Jeremiah 5:26

Isaiah 59:7 · BSB

Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.

Jeremiah 9:3–5 · 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.

Matthew 26:4 · BSB

and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.

Psalm 109:2 · BSB

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

Psalm 109:3 · BSB

They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.

Jeremiah 5:26 · BSB

For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.

Also

Psalm 5:9 Psalm 10:7

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 10:7 · BSB

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

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

In context

10Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.

12For 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.

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