Psalms 12:4
\12:3\The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
In Context
5\12:4\They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our lips are ours: who is lord over us?
Cross References
Genesis 3:5For God sees that on the day when you take of its fruit, your eyes will be open, and you will be as gods, having knowledge of good and evil.
Job 21:14Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways.
Proverbs 10:31The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.
Jeremiah 18:18Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.
2 Thessalonians 2:4Who puts himself against all authority, lifting himself up over all which is named God or is given worship; so that he takes his seat in the Temple of God, putting himself forward as God.
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 →