Psalms 52:4

Psalms chapter 52 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

Context

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

v.4This passage

v.5God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. [Selah

Cross references

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

  • 1 Samuel 22:18

    And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and he slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.

  • Psalms 120:3

    What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue?

  • James 3:6

    And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.