Psalms 12:2
They speak falsehood everyone with his neighbor. With flattering lip, and with a double heart, they speak.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
1Help, LORD, for the holy man ceases, for the faithful fail from among the sons of men.
3LORD will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaks great things,
Cross References
Psalms 5:9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their inward part is very wickedness. Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongue they deceive (LXX/NT).
Psalms 28:3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.
Psalms 38:12Those also who seek after my life lay snares [for me]. And those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.
Psalms 52:1Why boast thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The loving kindness of God [is] continual.
Psalms 59:12[for] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips. Let them even be taken in their pride, and for cursing and lying which they speak.
Psalms 116:11I said in my haste, All men are liars.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 12:2-8
Complaints of the Times. 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. 3 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… Read the whole commentary →