Psalms 31:18

Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

In Context

17Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah; for I have called upon thee: Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.

19Oh how great is thy goodness, Which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, Which thou hast wrought for them that take refuge in thee, Before the sons of men!

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:16And his servants spake yet more against Jehovah God, and against his servant Hezekiah.

Psalms 25:3Yea, none that wait for thee shall be put to shame: They shall be put to shame that deal treacherously without cause.

Psalms 63:11But the king shall rejoice in God: Every one that sweareth by him shall glory; For the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. Psalm 64 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

Psalms 94:4They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.

Psalms 123:3Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us; For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

Proverbs 12:19The lip of truth shall be established for ever; But a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 31:10-19

Sorrowful Complaints; Humble and Believing Prayer. 9 Have mercy upon me, O Lord , for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. 10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. 11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. 12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken… Read the whole commentary →

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