Psalms 12:4
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail, our lips are our own: who [is] lord over us?
Darby Translation
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
3Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things,
Cross References
Genesis 3:5but God knows that in the day ye eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and ye will be as God, knowing good and evil.
Job 21:14And they say unto God, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!
Proverbs 10:31The mouth of a righteous [man] putteth forth wisdom; but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
Jeremiah 18:18And they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor word from the prophet. Come and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
2 Thessalonians 2:4who opposes and exalts himself on high against all called God, or object of veneration; so that he himself sits down in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is 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 →