Psalms 12:2
Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
3Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,
Cross References
Psalms 5:9For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart [is] mischiefs, An open grave [is] their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.
Psalms 28:3Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.
Psalms 38:12And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.
Psalms 52:1To the Overseer. — An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, 'David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God [is] all the day.
Psalms 59:12The sin of their mouth [is] a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.
Psalms 116:11I said in my haste, '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 →