Psalms 12:3

¹ Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.

² They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.

May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.

⁴ They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”

⁵ “For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

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Sammenlign

ÅB: Måtte Herren skjære av alle falske lepper,
og tungen som taler store ord,
OTB: Måtte Herren bringe til taushet alle smigrende lepper,
tungen som skryter av store ting;
B1930: Herren utrydde alle falske leber, den tunge som taler store ord,

BSB: May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
KJV: The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
WEB: May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,
ASV: Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;
DARBY: Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things,
BLB: May YHWH cut off all lips of flattery, a tongue speaking great [things]—

Proverbs 18:21
Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
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Revelation 13:5
The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
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Daniel 7:8
While I was contemplating the horns, suddenly another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like those of a man and a mouth that spoke words of arrogance.
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Psalms 17:10
They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.
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Daniel 4:30–31
the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
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2 Peter 2:18
With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
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Malachi 3:13
“Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
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Exodus 15:9
The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
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