Psalm 50:19 {49:19}
Good News Translation
"You are always ready to speak evil; you never hesitate to tell lies.

New Revised Standard Version
“You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

Contemporary English Version
You talked only about violence and told nothing but lies;

New American Bible
You give your mouth free rein for evil; you yoke your tongue to deceit.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, and thy tongue framed deceits.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, and thy tongue framed deceits.

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Psalm 52:3-4 Thou hast loved malice more than goodness: and iniquity rather than to speak righteousness. . . .

Jeremiah 9:5 And a man shall mock his brother, and they will not speak the truth: for they have taught their tongue to speak lies: they have laboured to commit iniquity.

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Psalm 5:9 For there is no truth in their mouth: their heart is vain.

Psalm 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing, and of bitterness, and of deceit: under his tongue are labor and sorrow.

Psalm 12:2,3 They have spoken vain things, every one to his neighbour: with deceitful lips, and with a double heart have they spoken. . . .

Psalm 36:3,4 The words of his mouth are iniquity and guile: he would not understand that he might do well. . . .

Psalm 55:12,21 For if my enemy had reviled me, I would verily have borne with it. And if he that hated me had spoken great things against me, I would perhaps have hidden my self from him. . . .

Psalm 64:3-5 For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing, . . .

Isaiah 59:3,4 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity: your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue uttereth iniquity. . . .

Hosea 4:2 Cursing, and lying, and killing, and theft, and adultery, have overflowed, and blood hath touched blood.

Romans 3:13,14 Their throat is an open sepulchre: with their tongues they have dealt deceitfully. The venom of asps is under their lips. . . .

James 3:5-9 Even so the tongue is indeed a little member and boasteth great things. Behold how small a fire kindleth a great wood. . . .

Revelation 21:8 But the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, they shall have their portion in the pool burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

Context
The Mighty One Calls
18If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker. 19Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, and thy tongue framed deceits.20Sitting thou didst speak against thy brother, and didst lay a scandal against thy mother's son:…
Cross References
Psalm 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing, and of bitterness, and of deceit: under his tongue are labor and sorrow.

Psalm 36:3
The words of his mouth are iniquity and guile: he would not understand that he might do well.

Psalm 52:2
All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit.

Psalm 50:18
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