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Psalm 50:19

“You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

17since you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?
18When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.
19“You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.
20You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother’s son.
21You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.
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A mouth given to evil and a tongue shaping deceit make speech a matter of accountability before God, even before its effects are described.

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Psalm 10:7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.Both passages name the mouth and tongue as instruments of deceit and evil.
Revelation 21:8But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns …Psalm 50 records God's accusation against deceitful speech; Revelation names liars among those facing the second death.
Psalm 52:2–4Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.Both describe a tongue at work crafting harm through deceit, with Psalm 52 adding the sharp razor comparison.
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.The tongue that frames deceit in Psalm 50 resembles the tongue taught to speak lies in Jeremiah.
Romans 3:13–14“Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.” “The poison of vipers is under their lips.”Both passages identify the tongue as an instrument of deceit, exposing the evil carried through speech.
Psalm 5:9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.Both describe untruthful speech through the mouth and tongue; Psalm 5 names flattery as part of that speech.
James 3:5–9So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!Both concern the tongue's capacity for evil speech; James emphasizes how far its damage can spread.
Psalm 55:21His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.Both expose deception in speech; Psalm 55 describes smooth words that conceal a heart set on war.
Isaiah 59:3–4For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies. Your tongue mutters wickedness.Both accuse their hearers of using the tongue for wickedness and speaking lies.
Hosea 4:2There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.Both name false speech among the evils under accusation, with Hosea listing lying alongside other wrongdoing.
1 Timothy 3:8Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,Psalm 50 condemns deceitful speech, while the instruction to servants rejects being double-tongued.
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God names deceit as evil and confronts those who practice it. In the surrounding verses, his silence does not mean consent; he promises to rebuke.

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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).