Psalm 78:36 {77:36}
Good News Translation
But their words were all lies; nothing they said was sincere.

New Revised Standard Version
But they flattered him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues.

Contemporary English Version
But they tried to flatter God, and they told him lies;

New American Bible
But they deceived him with their mouths, lied to him with their tongues.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they loved him with their mouth: and with their tongue they lied unto him:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they loved him with their mouth: and with their tongue they lied unto him:

nevertheless

Psalm 106:12,13 And they believed his words: and they sang his praises. . . .

Deuteronomy 5:28,29 And when the Lord had heard this, he said to me: I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they spoke to thee: they have spoken all things well. . . .

Isaiah 29:13 And the Lord said: Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips glorify me, but their heart is far from me, and they have feared me with the commandment and doctrines of men:

Ezekiel 33:31 And they come to thee, as if people were coming in, and my people sit before thee: and hear thy words, and do them not: for they turn them into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth after their covetousness.

Hosea 11:12 Ephraim hath compassed me about with denials, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Juda went down as a witness with God, and is faithful with the saints.

lied

Psalm 18:44 A people which I knew not, hath served me: at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me.

Context
I Will Open My Mouth in Parables
35And they remembered that God was their helper: and the most high God their redeemer. 36And they loved him with their mouth: and with their tongue they lied unto him:37But their heart was not right with him: nor were they counted faithful in his covenant.…
Cross References
Exodus 24:7
And taking the book of the covenant, he read it in the hearing of the people: and they said: All things that the Lord hath spoken, we will do, we will be obedient.

Exodus 24:8
And he took the blood and sprinkled it upon the people, and he said: This is the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words.

Exodus 32:7
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Go, get thee down: thy people, which thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, hath sinned.

Exodus 32:8
They have quickly strayed from the way which thou didst shew them: and they have made to themselves a molten calf, and have adored it, and sacrificing victims to it, have said: These are thy gods, O Israel, that have brought thee out of the land of Egypt.

Isaiah 57:11
For whom hast thou been solicitous and afraid, that thou hast lied, and hast not been mindful of me, nor thought on me in thy heart? for I am silent, and as one that seeth not, and thou hast forgotten me.

Ezekiel 33:31
And they come to thee, as if people were coming in, and my people sit before thee: and hear thy words, and do them not: for they turn them into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth after their covetousness.

Psalm 78:35
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