Psalms 50:19

19 You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue for deceit.

Psalms 50:19 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 50:19

Thou givest thy mouth to evil
To speak evil things against Christ, his doctrines, ordinances, ministers and people; and to deliver out evil doctrines, pernicious to the souls of men;

and thy tongue frameth deceit;
puts and joins together deceitful words in a very artful manner, by which simple and unstable minds are beguiled.

Psalms 50:19 In-Context

17 You hate instruction and turn your back on My words.
18 When you see a thief, you make friends with him, and you associate with adulterers.
19 You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue for deceit.
20 You sit, maligning your brother, slandering your mother's son.
21 You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But I will rebuke you and lay out the case before you.
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