Psalms 12:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.

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  • Dan 7:8 : 8 I was watching the horns with care, and I saw another coming up among them, a little one, before which three of the first horns were pulled up by the roots: and there were eyes like a man's eyes in this horn, and a mouth saying great things.
  • Rev 13:5 : 5 And there was given to him a mouth to say words of pride against God; and there was given to him authority to go on for forty-two months.
  • Dan 4:30-31 : 30 The king made answer and said, Is this not great Babylon, which I have made for the living-place of kings, by the strength of my power and for the glory of my honour? 31 While the word was still in the king's mouth, a voice came down from heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is said: The kingdom has gone from you:
  • Ps 17:10 : 10 They are shut up in their fat: with their mouths they say words of pride.
  • Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.
  • Isa 10:10 : 10 As my hand has come on the kingdoms of the images, whose pictured images were more in number than those of Jerusalem and Samaria;
  • Ezek 28:2 : 2 Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, This is what the Lord has said: Because your heart has been lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I am seated on the seat of God in the heart of the seas; but you are man and not God, though you have made your heart as the heart of God:
  • Ezek 28:9 : 9 Will you say, in the face of those who are taking your life, I am God? but you are man and not God in the hands of those who are wounding you.
  • Ezek 29:3 : 3 Say to them, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great river-beast stretched out among his Nile streams, who has said, The Nile is mine, and I have made it for myself.
  • Exod 15:9 : 9 Egypt said, I will go after them, I will overtake, I will make division of their goods: my desire will have its way with them; my sword will be uncovered, my hand will send destruction on them.
  • 1 Sam 2:3 : 3 Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him acts are judged.
  • 1 Sam 17:43-44 : 43 And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come out to me with sticks? And the Philistine put curses on David by all his gods. 44 And the Philistine said to David, Come here to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field.
  • 2 Kgs 19:23-24 : 23 You have sent your servants with evil words against the Lord, and have said, With all my war-carriages I have come up to the top of the mountains, to the inmost parts of Lebanon; its tall cedars will be cut down, and the best trees of its woods; I will come up into his highest places, into his thick woods. 24 I have made water-holes and taken their waters, and with my foot I have made all the rivers of Egypt dry.
  • Job 32:22 : 22 For I am not able to give names of honour to any man; and if I did, my Maker would quickly take me away.
  • Ps 73:8-9 : 8 Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts. 9 Their mouth goes up to heaven; their tongues go walking through the earth.
  • Dan 7:25 : 25 And he will say words against the Most High, attempting to put an end to the saints of the Most High; and he will have the idea of changing times and law; and the saints will be given into his hands for a time and times and half a time.
  • Mal 3:13 : 13 Your words have been strong against me, says the Lord. And still you say, What have we said against you?
  • 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;
  • Jude 1:16 : 16 These are the men who make trouble, ever desiring change, going after evil pleasures, using high-sounding words, respecting men's position in the hope of reward.

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    2 Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.

  • Ps 12:4
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    4 They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our lips are ours: who is lord over us?

  • Ps 31:18
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    18 Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

  • Ps 59:12
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    12 Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,

  • Prov 10:31-32
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    31 The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.

    32 The lips of the upright man have knowledge of what is pleasing, but twisted are the mouths of evil-doers.

  • Prov 12:22
    76%

    22 False lips are hated by the Lord, but those whose acts are true are his delight.

  • Prov 26:28
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    28 A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.

  • Ps 120:2-3
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    75%

    2 O Lord, be the saviour of my soul from false lips, and from the tongue of deceit.

    3 What punishment will he give you? what more will he do to you, you false tongue?

  • Prov 12:19
    75%

    19 True lips are certain for ever, but a false tongue is only for a minute.

  • Ps 5:9
    74%

    9 For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24 Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.

  • Ps 17:10
    74%

    10 They are shut up in their fat: with their mouths they say words of pride.

  • Ps 52:4
    73%

    4 Destruction is in all your words, O false tongue.

  • Ps 101:5
    73%

    5 I will put to death anyone who says evil of his neighbour secretly; the man with a high look and a heart of pride is disgusting to me.

  • Ps 5:6
    73%

    6 You will send destruction on those whose words are false; the cruel man and the man of deceit are hated by the Lord.

  • Ps 140:9
    73%

    9 As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.

  • Ps 10:7
    73%

    7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.

  • Ps 52:2
    72%

    2 Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.

  • Prov 14:3
    72%

    3 In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

  • Ps 63:11
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    11 But the king will have joy in God; everyone who takes an oath by him will have cause for pride; but the false mouth will be stopped.

  • 1 Sam 2:3
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    3 Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him acts are judged.

  • Ps 140:3
    72%

    3 Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)

  • Ps 34:13
    72%

    13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.

  • Ps 141:3
    72%

    3 O Lord, keep a watch over my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

  • Ps 36:2-3
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    72%

    2 For he takes comfort in the thought that his sin will not be uncovered and hated.

    3 In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

  • Ps 73:9
    72%

    9 Their mouth goes up to heaven; their tongues go walking through the earth.

  • Rom 3:13-14
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    71%

    13 Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips:

    14 Whose mouth is full of curses and bitter words:

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    7 For good faith goes out of my mouth, and false lips are disgusting to me.

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    4 Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.

  • Prov 27:2
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    2 Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.

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    36 But their lips were false to him, and their tongues were untrue to him;

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    71%

    12 The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.

  • Ps 10:3
    71%

    3 For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.

  • Prov 16:13
    71%

    13 Lips of righteousness are the delight of kings; and he who says what is upright is dear to him.

  • Ps 59:7
    71%

    7 See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?

  • Isa 2:12
    71%

    12 For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up;

  • Prov 17:4
    71%

    4 A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.

  • Ps 144:8
    71%

    8 In whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.

  • Prov 6:17
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    17 Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;

  • Isa 23:9
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    9 It was the purpose of the Lord of armies to put pride to shame, to make sport of the glory of those who are honoured in the earth.

  • Isa 28:11
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    11 No, but with broken talk, and with a strange tongue, he will give his word to this people:

  • Jer 9:3
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    3 Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord.

  • Prov 29:5
    70%

    5 A man who says smooth things to his neighbour is stretching out a net for his steps.

  • Ps 64:8
    70%

    8 The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.

  • Zeph 2:10
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    10 This will be their fate because of their pride, because they have said evil, lifting themselves up against the people of the Lord of armies.

  • Ps 15:3
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    3 Whose tongue is not false, who does no evil to his friend, and does not take away the good name of his neighbour;