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Psa 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

For		Psa 36:1-4; Psa 52:2; Psa 58:3; Psa 62:4,9; Psa 111:1-3; Jer 9:3-6; Mic 6:12; Rom 1:29-31; Rom 3:13
faithfulness		or, stedfastness
their mouth		Heb. his mouth, that is, the mouth of any of them. inward. Psa 51:6; Psa 58:2; Psa 62:4; *marg:; Psa 64:6; Jer 4:14; Jer 17:9; Mar 7:21,22; Luk 11:39
very wickedness		Heb. wickednesses
throat		Luk 11:44; Rom 3:13
they		Psa 12:2,3; Job 32:21,22; Pro 29:5; 1Th 2:5

Correlating Passages

For

	Psa 36:1	[[To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David the servant of the LORD.]] The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, [that there is] no fear of God before his eyes.
	Psa 36:2	For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
	Psa 36:3	The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.
	Psa 36:4	He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way [that is] not good; he abhorreth not evil.
	Psa 52:2	Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
	Psa 58:3	The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
	Psa 62:4	They only consult to cast [him] down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
	Psa 62:9	Surely men of low degree [are] vanity, [and] men of high degree [are] a lie: to be laid in the balance, they [are] altogether [lighter] than vanity.
	Psa 111:1	Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with [my] whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and [in] the congregation.
	Psa 111:2	The works of the LORD [are] great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
	Psa 111:3	His work [is] honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
	Jer 9:3	And they bend their tongues [like] their bow [for] lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
	Jer 9:4	Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
	Jer 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.
	Jer 9:6	Thine habitation [is] in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
	Mic 6:12	For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.
	Rom 1:29	Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
	Rom 1:30	Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
	Rom 1:31	Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
	Rom 3:13	Their throat [is] an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their lips:

their mouth

	Psa 51:6	Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
	Psa 58:2	Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
	Psa 62:4	They only consult to cast [him] down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
	Psa 64:6	They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward [thought] of every one [of them], and the heart, [is] deep.
	Jer 4:14	O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
	Jer 17:9	The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?
	Mar 7:21	For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
	Mar 7:22	Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
	Luk 11:39	And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.

throat

	Luk 11:44	Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over [them] are not aware [of them].
	Rom 3:13	Their throat [is] an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their lips:

they

	Psa 12:2	They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak.
	Psa 12:3	The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things:
	Job 32:21	Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
	Job 32:22	For I know not to give flattering titles; [in so doing] my maker would soon take me away.
	Pro 29:5	A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
	1Th 2:5	For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God [is] witness:

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 5:9," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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