Psalms 12:3
They have spoken vain things every one to his neighbour: with deceitful lips, and with a double heart have they spoken.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
In Context
2Save me, O Lord, for there is now no saint: truths are decayed from among the children of men.
4May the Lord destroy all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things.
Cross References
Exodus 15:9The enemy said: I will pursue and overtake, I will divide the spoils, my soul shall have its fill: I will draw my sword, my hand shall slay them.
1 Samuel 17:43And the Philistine said to David: Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with a staff? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
Job 32:22For I know not how long I shall continue, and whether after a while my Maker may take me away.
Psalms 55:22he hath stretched forth his hand to repay. They have defiled his covenant,
Psalms 116:11I said in my excess: Every man is a liar.
Proverbs 18:21Death and life are in the power of the tongue: they that love it, shall eat the fruits 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 →