Psalms 52:4 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 52

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⁴Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

Psalms 52:4 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 120:3
What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
James 3:6-9
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. …
1 Samuel 22:18-19
And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. …

Topics

Capital and Labor Care Conceit Consistency Deceit Deception Dishonesty Dissembling

Commentary

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

(vv. 1-5)

The title is a brief account of the story which the psalm refers to. David now, at length, saw it necessary to quit the court, and shift for his own safety, for fear of Saul, who had once and again attempted to murder him. Being unprovided wit harms and victuals, he, by a wile, got Ahimelech the priest to furnish him with both. Doeg an Edomite happened to be there, and he went and informed Saul ag…

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

(vv. 4)

4. all-devouring--literally, “swallowing,” which utterly destroy (compare Psa 21:9; 35:25).