Psalms 12:4

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May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks with arrogance.

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  • Jas 3:5-6 : 5 In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it boasts of great things. Consider how a small fire sets a great forest ablaze. 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting the entire course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
  • Gen 3:5 : 5 'For God knows that on the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.'
  • Exod 5:2 : 2 But Pharaoh replied, "Who is the Lord that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and I will not let Israel go."
  • Job 21:14-15 : 14 Yet they say to God, 'Depart from us! We have no desire to know your ways.' 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we profit if we entreat him?
  • Jer 2:31 : 31 You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: ‘Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of deep darkness? Why do my people say, “We are free to roam; we will come to you no more”?’
  • Jer 18:18 : 18 Then they said, 'Come, let's devise plans against Jeremiah, for instruction won't vanish from the priest, counsel from the wise, or a word from the prophet. Come, let's attack him with our words, and let's not pay attention to anything he says.'
  • Dan 3:15 : 15 Now, if you are ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the statue I made, very good. But if you do not worship it, you will immediately be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace. And who is the god who can rescue you from my hands?'
  • 2 Thess 2:4 : 4 He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

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  • Ps 12:2-3
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    2 Help, LORD, for the godly have vanished; the faithful have disappeared from among humanity.

    3 Everyone speaks falsehood to their neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

  • 12 Do not kill them, Lord, or my people will forget. Scatter them by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

  • 7 They return in the evening, snarling like dogs as they prowl the city.

  • Ps 73:8-9
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    8 They scoff and speak with malice; with arrogance, they threaten oppression.

    9 They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut through the earth.

  • Ps 2:2-4
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    72%

    2 The kings of the earth take their stand, and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.

    3 Let us break their chains and throw off their ropes from us.

    4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.

  • 8 Slaves now rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their power.

  • 4 They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers boast.

  • Ps 17:10-11
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    10 They close up their hearts to compassion; they speak with arrogance.

    11 They track my every step; they surround me and set their eyes to bring me down to the ground.

  • 18 O LORD, let me not be put to shame, for I have called out to you. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them be silent in the grave.

  • 5 Those who say, 'By our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own—who is lord over us?'

  • 46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

  • 9 Do not grant the desires of the wicked, O LORD; do not let their plans succeed, lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

  • 13 Your words against me have been harsh, says the Lord. But you ask, 'What have we spoken against you?

  • 12 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

  • 25 Do not let them say in their hearts, 'Aha, just what we wanted!' Do not let them say, 'We have swallowed him up!'

  • 4 Our souls have had more than enough of the mocking of the complacent, and the contempt of the arrogant.

  • 13 LORD our God, other lords besides You have ruled over us, but Your name alone we honor.

  • Ps 124:5-6
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    5 Then the raging waters would have passed over our soul.

    6 Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

  • 13 You who rejoice in nothingness and say, 'By our own strength we have taken horns for ourselves!'

  • 25 'You spoke through the mouth of your servant David, saying: Why did the nations rage, and the peoples plot in vain?'

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    9 LORD, lead me in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make Your way straight before me.

  • 4 Whom are you mocking? Against whom do you open wide your mouth and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of rebellion, offspring of deceit?

  • Ps 120:2-3
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    2 LORD, deliver my soul from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.

    3 What will He give you, and what more will He do to you, deceitful tongue?

  • 3 They devise wicked schemes in their hearts and stir up conflicts all day long.

  • 62 The lips of my adversaries and their murmuring are against me all day long.

  • Job 15:5-6
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    5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

    6 Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your lips testify against you.

  • 13 We have rebelled and denied the LORD; we have turned away from following our God. We speak of oppression and revolt, conceiving lies and uttering them from the heart.

  • 8 But God will shoot them with an arrow; suddenly, they will be struck down.

  • 7 His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and iniquity.

  • 2 Then our mouths were filled with laughter, and our tongues with joyful songs. Then it was said among the nations, 'The LORD has done great things for them.'

  • 12 They have lied about the Lord and said, 'He won't do anything! No disaster will come upon us; we will not see sword or famine.'

  • 3 The mouth of a fool brings a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise protect them.

  • 16 All your enemies open their mouths against you; they hiss and grind their teeth, saying, 'We have swallowed her up. Surely this is the day we hoped for; we have found it, we have seen it.'

  • 4 To whom have you uttered words, and whose breath has come from you?

  • 20 The breath of our nostrils, the LORD’s anointed, was captured in their traps, of whom we said, 'Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.'

  • 3 'Do not keep speaking so arrogantly or let proud words come out of your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him deeds are weighed.'

  • 11 Indeed, with stammering lips and another tongue, He will speak to this people.

  • 15 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you.

  • 37 Who can speak and have it come to pass, unless the Lord has decreed it?

  • Rom 3:13-14
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    13 "Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit." "The venom of vipers is under their lips."

    14 Their mouths are full of curses and bitterness.

  • 10 This will be their lot in return for their pride, because they have taunted and boasted against the people of the Lord of Hosts.