Psalms 12:2
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
In Context
1Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
3The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things:
Cross References
Psalms 5:9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open tomb; they flatter with their tongue.
Psalms 28:3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
Psalms 38:12They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
Psalms 52:1Why boast you yourself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endures continually.
Psalms 59:12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
Psalms 116:11I said in my haste, All men are liars.
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 →