Psalms 52:4 · KJV
“Thou lovest all devouring words, O {thou} deceitful tongue. {O thou...: or, and the deceitful tongue}”
— Psalms 52:4
Thou lovest evil more than good; {and} lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of {thy} dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. {destroy...: Heb. beat thee down}
Psalms 52 — Context
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
3Thou lovest evil more than good; {and} lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
4Thou lovest all devouring words, O {thou} deceitful tongue. {O thou...: or, and the deceitful tongue}
5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of {thy} dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. {destroy...: Heb. beat thee down}
6The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
Cross References
Psalms 120:3
What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? {What shall be given...: or, What shall the deceitful tongue give unto thee? or, what shall it profit thee?} {done: Heb. added}
James 3:6-9
And the tongue {is} a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. {course: Gr. wheel}
1 Samuel 22:18-19
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 slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.