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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    2Help, LORD, for the godly have vanished; the faithful have disappeared from among humanity.

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

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    8They scoff and speak with malice; with arrogance, they threaten oppression.

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

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

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

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

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    10They close up their hearts to compassion; they speak with arrogance.

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    18O 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.

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

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