Psalms 144:8 Cross References - ISV

⁸ Their mouths speak lies, and their right hand deceives,

²² But Abram answered the king of Sodom, “I have made an oath to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

⁴⁰ “I solemnly swear to heaven— I say ‘As certainly as I’m alive and living forever,

⁷ Their mouth is full of curses, lies, and oppression, their tongues spread trouble and iniquity.

² Everyone speaks lies to his neighbor; they speak with flattering lips and hidden motives.

⁶ The one who comes to visit me speaks lies; in his heart he thinks slanderous things about me and goes around spreading them.

³ The wicked go astray from the womb; they go astray, telling lies even from birth.

⁴ They plan to cast him down from his exalted position. They delight in lies; their mouth utters blessings, while their heart is cursing. Interlude

²⁶ So he swore an oath concerning them— that he would cause them to die in the wilderness,

² for the mouths of wicked and deceitful people are opened against me; they speak against me with lying tongues. ³ They surround me with hate-filled words, attacking me for no reason.

²⁰ He tends ashes. A deceived mind has lead him astray. It cannot be his life, nor can he say, “There’s a lie in my right hand.”

⁵ They hatch adders’ eggs and weave a spider’s web; whoever eats their eggs dies, and any crushed egg hatches out futility. ⁶ Their cobwebs cannot become clothing, they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are deeds of iniquity, and acts of violence fill their hands. ⁷ Their feet rush to evil, and they are quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; ruin, destruction, and violence are in their paths.

³⁰ And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you. It is better for you to lose one of your body parts than to have your whole body go into hell.”

¹⁶ The second beast forces all people—important and unimportant, rich and poor, free and slaves—to be marked on their right hands or on their foreheads, ¹⁷ so that no one may buy or sell unless he has the mark, which is the beast’s name or the number of its name.