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Psalms 12:2

(12:3) Deceptively do they speak every one with his neighbor, with flattering lips, with a double heart do they speak.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

In Context

1“To the chief musician upon Sheminith, a psalm of David.” (12:2) Help, O Lord; for the pious have ceased to be; for the truthful have failed from among the children of men.

3(12:4) May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh boastful things:

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Cross References

Psalms 5:9(5:10) For there is not in their mouth any sincerity; their inward part is full of deception; an open sepulchre is their throat: they flatter with their tongue.

Psalms 28:3Snatch me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of injustice, who speak peace with their neighbors, with mischief in their heart.

Psalms 38:12(38:13) They also that seek after my life lay snares; and they that wish for my mishap speak wicked falsehoods; and deceits do they devise all the day long.

Psalms 52:1“To the chief musician, a Maskil of David, (52:2) When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Achimelech.” (52:3) What vauntest thou thyself of wickedness, O mighty man? the kindness of God endureth all the time.

Psalms 59:12(59:13) The sin of their mouth is the word of their lips: let them be caught through their pride, because of the cursing and lying which they relate.

Psalms 116:11I indeed said in my despondency, Every man is a liar.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)Polish Biblia Gdanska (1881)Statenvertaling (Nederlands)

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