Jer. ix. 5. 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.—Ver. 7. Therefore, thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will melt them and try them.

Ver. 8, 9. Their tongue is as an arrow shot out, and speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait. Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord: Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

Hos. iv. 1, 2. The Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there as no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, they break out.-Ver. 3. Therefore shall the land mourn.

1 Tim. iv. 2. Seducing spirits, speaking lies in hypocrisy.

xvii. 4. A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips, and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. Ver. 7.

xviii. 6. A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.-Ver. 7. His mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

xxiv. 2. Their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

Eccl. x. 12. The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

Lam. iii. 61, 62. Thou hast heard the lips of those that rise up against me. Matt. xii. 34, 35. How can ye, being evil, speak good things? An evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart, bringeth forth evil things.-Ver. 37. By thy words thou shalt be condemned.

xv. 18. The things that proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart, and defile the man.

1 Cor. xv. 33. Evil communications corrupt good manners.

James iii. 5, 6. The tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. The tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity; it defileth the whole body. Ver. 8, 9, 10.

2 Pet. ii. 12. These, as natural brute beasts, speak evil of the things they understand not.

xxii. 15. Without are dogs, and sorcerers,

and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. See the death of Ananias and Sapphira, Acts v.

CLXXVIII. The words of the wicked, injurious and offensive. Ps. v. 9. There is no faithfulness in their mouth; their throat is an open sepulchre.-Ver. 10. Destroy them, O God.

xxii. 7. They shoot out the lip, they shake the head.

lix. 7. They belch out with their mouth, swords are in their lips; for who (say they) doth hear us?-Ver. 8. Thou, O God, shalt laugh at them. Ps. lxiv. 3.-lxix. 26.

cxl. 3. They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips.-Ver. 9. Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Prov. xii. 18. There is that speaketh like the piercing of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.

xvi. 27. An ungodly man diggeth up evil, and in his lips there is as a burning fire. Ver. 30.

ungodly spoken against him. of their ungodly speeches which they have

CLXXX. Evil speaking. Ps. xii. 3, 4. The Lord shall cut off the tongue that speaketh proud things: who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own, who is Lord over us?

xli. 5. My enemies speak evil of me. Ver. 6. 1. 19. Thou givest thy mouth to evil.-Ver. 21. I will reprove thee, saith God.

Eph. iv. 31. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice.

Tit. iii. 2. Speak evil of no man. Be not brawlers. 1 Pet. iii. 9.

James iv. 11. Speak not evil one of another. 1 Pet. ii. 1, 2. Laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and evil speaking; as new-born babes desire the sincere milk of the word.

iii. 10. He that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil. Ps. xxxiv. 13. See Ps. cxl. 11.

TALKATIVENESS.

CLXXXI. Talkativeness; rashness with

the tongue. Job xi. 2. Should a man of much talk be justified?

xlii. 3. Job said, Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

Ps. cvi. 33. They provoked Moses's spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

Prov. x. 8. A prating fool shall fall.-Ver. 19. In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin, but he that refraineth his lips is wise. Job xiii. 5.

xiii. 3. He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life; but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

xiv. 23. The talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

xvii. 27. He that hath knowledge spareth his words. Job xiii. 5.

Ver. 28. Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is accounted wise.

xviii. 13. He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame to him. xxi. 23. Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soul from troubles.

xxix. 11. A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.-Ver. 20. Seest thou a man hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Eccl. iii. 7. There is a time to keep silence, and a time to speak.

v. 2, 3. Be not rash with thy mouth. A fool's voice is known by multitude of words. x. 14. A fool is full of words.

Amos v. 13. The prudent shall keep silence in the evil time.

Mic. vii. 5. Keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

James i. 19. Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak.

Ver. 26. If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, that man's religion is vain.

FLATTERY.

He

CLXXXII. Flattery. Job xvii. 5. that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

xxxii. 21, 22. Let me not accept any man's person, neither give flattering titles to men. (1 Thess. ii. 5.) In so doing my Maker would soon take me away.

Ps. v. 9. They flatter with their tongues.Ver. 10. Destroy them, O God. Ps. xli. 6.

xii. 2. With flattering lips and a double heart they do speak.-Ver. 3. The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips.

lxxviii. 36, 37. They did flatter God with their mouth, and lied unto him. For their heart was not right with him. Isa. xxix. 13.

Prov. xx. 19. Meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

xxvi. 28. A flattering mouth worketh ruin. xxix. 5. A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. See Prov. ii. 16.-vi. 24.-vii. 21.-xxviii. 23. Ezek. xii. 24. Dan. xi. 21. 32. 34.

TALE-BEARING.

CLXXXIII. Tale-bearing. Lev. xix. 16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among tay people.

Prov. xi. 13. A tale-bearer revealeth secrets, but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

xvii. 9. He that covereth a transgression seeketh love, but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

xviii. 8. The words of a tale-bearer are as wounds, they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. Ch. xxvi. 22.

xx. 19. He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

xxvi. 20. Where there is no tale-bearer the strife ceaseth.

WHISPERING.

CLXXXIV. Whispering. Ps. xli. 7. All that hate me, whisper together against me. Prov. xvi. 28. A whisperer separateth chief friends.

Rom. i. 29. They [the wicked] are full of envy, murder, debate; whisperers.

2 Cor. xii. 20. I fear lest there be among you whisperings, swellings, &c.

BACKBITING.

CLXXXV. Backbiting. Ps. xv. 1. Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?-Ver. 3. He that backbiteth not with his tongue.

Prov. xxv. 23. An angry countenance driveth away a backbiting tongue.

Rom. i. 28. The wicked have a reprobate mind.-Ver. 29. Filled with all unrighteousness.-Ver. 30. Backbiters, &c. See 2 Cor. xii. 20.

SLANDERING, &c.

CLXXXVI. Slandering, &c. Ps. ci. 5. Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off.

Prov. x. 18. He that uttereth a slander is a

fool.

Ps. xxxi. 13. I have heard the slander o many, while they took counsel against me.

Jer. vi. 28. Grievous revolters, walking with slanders.

REPROACH.

CLXXXVII. Prayers and complaints against it. Neh. iv. 4. Hear, O our God, for we are despised; turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey. Job xvi. 10. They have smitten me reproachfully.

Ps. xxii. 6. I am a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

xxxi. 11. I was a reproach among all my enemies, and especially among my neighbours. xxxix. 8. Deliver me from all my enemies; make me not the reproach of the foolish.

xlii. 10. As with a sword in my bones my enemies reproach me.

xliv. 13. Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn, and a derision to them that are round about us.

lv. 12. It was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could have borne it.-Ver. 15. Let death seize upon them.

Ixix. 7. For thy sake, I have borne reproach, &c.

Ver. 9, 10. The reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. (Rom. xv. 3.) When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting that was to my reproach.

Ver. 19. Thou hast known my reproach, my shame and dishonour.-Ver. 23. Let their eyes be darkened.

lxxiv. 10. O God, how long shall the adversary reproach?-Ver. 18. Remember that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord.

lxxix. 4. We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.-Ver. 12. Render unto our neighbours seven-fold into their bosom their reproach.

lxxxix. 41. He is a reproach to his neighbours.

Ver. 50, 51. Remember, O Lord, the reproach of thy servants, wherewith thy enemies have reproached.

cii. 8. My enemies reproach me all the day. cix. 25, 26. I became also a reproach unto them. Help me, O Lord my God.

cxix. 22. Remove from me reproach and contempt.

Ver. 39. Turn away my reproach which I

fear. Lam. iii. 61. Thou hast heard their reproach,

CLXXXVIII. Reproach. God will bring it the wicked. Jer. xxiv. 9. I will deliupon ver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth, for their hurt; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all

places whither I shall drive them. Ch. xxix.

Ezek. v. 14, 15.

18. xlii. 18.-xliv. 12. xxii. 4. Isa. xliii. 27, 28. Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against Therefore have I profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.

me.

Jerusalem and thy people are become a reDan. ix. 16. For the iniquities of our fathers, proach to all that are about us.

CLXXXIX. Promises against reproach. Ps. lvii. 3. He shall save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up.

Isa. li. 7. Fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be afraid of their revilings; for the moth shall eat them, &c. Ver. 8.

Ezek. xxxvi. 3. Ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people.Ver. 7. Thus saith the Lord, The heathen that are about you shall bear their shame.

Joel ii. 19. I will no more make you a reproach.

Zeph. ii. 8, 9. I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of AmAs I live, saith the Lord God of Israel, surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah. Ver. 10, 11.

mon.

Luke vi. 22. Blessed are ye, saith Christ, when men shall reproach you for my sake. 2 Cor. xii. 10. I take pleasure in reproaches for Christ. Heb. x. 33.

1 Pet. iv. 14. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye. See Job v. 21. Ps. xxxi. 20.-cxx. 2.

REVILING.

CXC. Reviling practised by the wicked, and endured by the godly. Exod. xxii. 28. Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. Acts xxiii. 4, 5.

Matt. v. 11. Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, &c.

xxvii. 39. They that passed by reviled Christ.

Mark xv. 32. They that were crucified with him reviled him.

John ix. 28. The Pharisees reviled him whose eyes Christ opened.