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Psalm 109:2

for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. God of my praise, don’t remain silent,
2for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
3They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
4In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.
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A “lying tongue” makes speech a source of harm, and David’s complaint names the distress of having false words turned against him.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 52:4You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.Both passages describe a deceitful tongue whose words harm others.
Proverbs 6:17arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,Both verses name a lying tongue as part of wrongdoing, treating deceit as a moral matter.
Psalm 120:2–3Deliver my soul, LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.Both prayers bring deceitful speech before God, with Psalm 120 asking for deliverance from it.
Psalm 31:13For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, while they conspire together against me, they plot to take away my life.Both speakers face hostile words directed against them, while Psalm 31 also describes a plot against the speaker’s life.
Jeremiah 9:5Friends deceive each other, and will not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They weary themselves committing iniquity.Both passages describe tongues speaking lies, with Jeremiah naming deceit among friends.
2 Samuel 17:1Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.Both passages describe hostility toward David, though Ahithophel’s proposal concerns armed pursuit rather than deceitful speech.
Proverbs 12:19Truth’s lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.Both name a lying tongue; the psalm describes its attack, while Proverbs contrasts its brief span with enduring truth.
Acts 6:13and set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.Both texts describe false speech directed against a person, with Acts presenting accusations made by false witnesses.
Psalm 31:18Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.Both prayers describe lies spoken against someone, and Psalm 31 asks for those lying lips to fall silent.
Matthew 26:59–62Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death,Both texts concern false speech used against someone, with Matthew describing leaders seeking false testimony against Jesus.
Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t …Both passages connect the tongue with falsehood and describe deceit as part of evil.
Proverbs 15:28The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.Both passages link the mouth of the wicked with harmful speech.
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Encouragement

There is room in prayer to name the harm of deceit without softening it. David speaks about the lies while appealing to God to break his silence.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).