Psalms 31:18

Let the lying lips be made dumme, which cruelly, proudly and spitefully speake against the righteous.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 confounded, O Lord: for I haue called vpon thee: let the wicked bee put to confusion, and to silence in the graue.

19Howe great is thy goodnesse, which thou hast layde vp for them, that feare thee! and done to them, that trust in thee, euen before the sonnes of men!

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:16And his seruants spake yet more against the Lord God, and against his seruant Hezekiah.

Psalms 25:3So all that hope in thee, shall not be ashamed: but let them be confounded, that transgresse without cause.

Psalms 63:11But the King shall reioyce in God, and all that sweare by him shall reioyce in him: for the mouth of them that speake lyes, shall be stopped.

Psalms 94:4They prate and speake fiercely: all the workers of iniquitie vaunt themselues.

Psalms 123:3Haue mercie vpon vs, O Lord, haue mercie vpon vs: for we haue suffered too much contempt.

Proverbs 12:19The lip of trueth shall be stable for euer: but a lying tongue varieth incontinently.

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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