Psalms 10:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁷His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

Psalms 10:7 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 7:14
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Job 20:12
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
Jeremiah 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.
Psalms 52:4
Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
James 3:6-8
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. …

Topics

Anger Consistency Cruelty Deceit Deception False Teachers Falsehood Guile

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-11)

I. A very great affection to God and his favour; for, in the time of trouble, that which he complains of most feelingly is God’s withdrawing his gracious presence (Ps. 10:1): “ Why standest thou afar off, as one unconcerned in the indignities done to thy name and the injuries done to the people?” Note, God’s withdrawings are very grievous to his people at any time, but especially in times of troub…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 7)

7-10. The malignity and deceit (Psa 140:3) of such are followed by acts combining cunning, fraud, and violence (compare Pr 1:11, 18), aptly illustrated by the habits of the lion, and of hunters taking their prey. “Poor,” in Psa 10:8, 10, 14, represents a word peculiar to this Psalm, meaning the sad or sorrowful; in Psa 10:9, as usual, it means the pious or meek sufferer.