American Standard Version
Psalms 50:19
19Thou givest thy mouth to evil,And thy tongue frameth deceit.
Psalms 50:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
- New International Version (NIV)You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You give your mouth to evil, And your tongue frames deceit.
Context of Psalms 50:19
17Seeing that thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee? 18When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, And hast been partaker with adulterers. Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit. 20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother’s son. 21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: ButI will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
Read all of Psalms 50Psalms 50:19 word by word
פִּ֭יךָ שָׁלַ֣חְתָּ בְרָעָ֑ה וּ֝לְשׁוֹנְךָ֗ תַּצְמִ֥יד מִרְמָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 50:19
- Psalms 52:3Thou lovest evil more than good, And lying rather than to speak righteousness. [Selah
- Jeremiah 9:5And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
- Psalms 5:9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.
- Psalms 10:7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
- Psalms 12:2They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
- Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise and to do good.
- Psalms 55:12For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him:
- Psalms 64:3Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
- Isaiah 59:3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue muttereth wickedness.
- Hosea 4:2There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
- Romans 3:13Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:
- James 3:5So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
- Revelation 21:8But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
Commentaries on Psalms 50:19
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Thou givest thy mouth to evil - Margin, as in Hebrew, “thou sendest.” That is, they gave it up to evil; they employed it in evil: in falsehood, malice, deceit, slander, deception, detraction. And thy tongue frameth deceit - The word rendered “frameth” means properly to bind, to fasten; and then, to contrive, to frame. The meaning is, that it was employed in the work of deceit; that is, it was employed in devising and executing purposes of fraud and…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-23Verses 16-23 Hypocrisy is wickedness, which God will judge. And it is too common, for those who declare the Lord's statutes to others, to live in disobedience to them themselves. This delusion arises from the abuse of God's long-suffering, and a wilful mistake of his character and the intention of his gospel. The sins of sinners will be fully proved on them in the judgment of the great day. The day is coming when God will set their sins in order, sins of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-21This message is against the wicked, who only pretend to listen to God.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-2016-20. the wicked--that is, the formalists, as now exposed, and who lead vicious lives (compare Ro 2:21, 23). They are unworthy to use even the words of God's law. Their hypocrisy and vice are exposed by illustrations from sins against the seventh, eighth, and ninth commandments.Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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