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Psalms 52:2

Psalms chapter 52 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.1Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endureth continually.

v.2This passage

v.3Thou lovest evil more than good, And lying rather than to speak righteousness. [Selah

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 140:2

    Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war.

  • Proverbs 12:18

    There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.

  • Psalms 57:4

    My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

  • Acts 24:5

    For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

  • Acts 24:1

    And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with certain elders, andwithan orator, one Tertullus; and they informed the governor against Paul.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:2

    but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.