Psalms 12:4
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
In Context
3The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things:
Cross References
Genesis 3:5For God does know that in the day all of you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and all of you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Job 21:14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of your ways.
Proverbs 10:31The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom: but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.
Jeremiah 18:18Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
2 Thessalonians 2:4Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
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 →