Psalms 12:8
The wicked walk about on every side, when vileness is exalted among the children of men.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
In Context
7Thou, Jehovah, wilt keep them, thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.
Cross References
Judges 9:18but ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy men, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his handmaid, king over the citizens of Shechem, because he is your brother;
Esther 3:6But he scorned to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai; therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus the people of Mordecai.
Psalms 55:10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; and iniquity and mischief are in the midst of it.
Isaiah 32:4and the heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because in selfwill he walked after the commandment [of man].
Mark 14:63And the high priest, having rent his clothes, says, What need have we any more of witnesses?
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 →