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Psalms 12:3

Words and speechPride

1 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

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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]—
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,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 18:21

    Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

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  • Revelation 13:5

    And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

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  • Daniel 7:8

    I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.

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  • Psalms 17:10

    They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

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  • Daniel 4:30–31

    The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

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  • 2 Peter 2:18

    For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

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  • Malachi 3:13

    Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

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  • Exodus 15:9

    The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

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