Psalms 50:19

¹⁷ Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

¹⁸ When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

²⁰ Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.

²¹ These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.
KJV: Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
WEB: “You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.
ASV: Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.
DARBY: Thou lettest thy mouth loose to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit;
BLB: With your mouth you send forth evil, and your tongue weaves deceit.

ÅB: Din munn slipper du løs med ondt, og din tunge spinner sammen svik.
OTB: Du taler fritt ondt,
Og din tunge vever bedrag.
B1930: Din munn slipper du løs med ondt, og din tunge spinner sammen svik.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
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Jeremiah 9:5
And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
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Revelation 21:8
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
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Psalms 52:2–4
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
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Isaiah 59:3–4
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
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Psalms 55:21
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
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Psalms 5:9
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
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Romans 3:13–14
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
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