Psalms 12:3
Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
In Context
4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail, our lips are our own: who [is] lord over us?
Cross References
Exodus 15:9The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my soul shall be sated upon them; I will unsheath my sword, my hand shall dispossess them.
1 Samuel 17:43And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
Job 32:22For I know not how to flatter; my Maker would soon take me away.
Psalms 55:22Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and *he* will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Psalms 116:11I said in my haste, All men are liars.
Proverbs 18:21Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
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 →