Psalms 12:8
The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
In Context
7You will keep them, LORD. You will preserve them from this generation forever.
Cross References
Judges 9:18and you have risen up against my father’s house today and have slain his sons, seventy persons, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother);
Esther 3:6But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him Mordecai’s people. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even Mordecai’s people.
Psalms 55:10Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her.
Isaiah 32:4The heart of the rash will understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.
Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment, because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.
Mark 14:63The high priest tore his clothes and said, “What further need have we 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 →