Psalms 12:3

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May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts!

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Referenced Verses

  • Dan 7:8 : 8 “As I was contemplating the horns, another horn– a small one– came up between them, and three of the former horns were torn out by the roots to make room for it. This horn had eyes resembling human eyes and a mouth speaking arrogant things.
  • Rev 13:5 : 5 The beast was given a mouth speaking proud words and blasphemies, and he was permitted to exercise ruling authority for forty-two months.
  • Dan 4:30-31 : 30 The king uttered these words:“Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence by my own mighty strength and for my majestic honor?” 31 While these words were still on the king’s lips, a voice came down from heaven:“It is hereby announced to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, that your kingdom has been removed from you!
  • Ps 17:10 : 10 They are calloused; they speak arrogantly.
  • Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love its use will eat its fruit.
  • Isa 10:10 : 10 I overpowered kingdoms ruled by idols, whose carved images were more impressive than Jerusalem’s or Samaria’s.
  • Ezek 28:2 : 2 “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘Your heart is proud and you said,“I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas”– yet you are a man and not a god, though you think you are godlike.
  • Ezek 28:9 : 9 Will you still say,“I am a god,” before the one who kills you– though you are a man and not a god– when you are in the power of those who wound you?
  • Ezek 29:3 : 3 Tell them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster lying in the midst of its waterways, who has said,“My Nile is my own, I made it for myself.”
  • Exod 15:9 : 9 The enemy said,‘I will chase, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.’
  • 1 Sam 2:3 : 3 Don’t keep speaking so arrogantly. Proud talk should not come out of your mouth! For the LORD is a God who knows; he evaluates what people do.
  • 1 Sam 17:43-44 : 43 The Philistine said to David,“Am I a dog, that you are coming after me with sticks?” Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 44 The Philistine said to David,“Come here to me, so I can give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the field!”
  • 2 Kgs 19:23-24 : 23 Through your messengers you taunted the Sovereign Master,‘With my many chariots I climbed up the high mountains, the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tall cedars, and its best evergreens. I invaded its most remote regions, its thickest woods. 24 I dug wells and drank water in foreign lands. With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.’
  • Job 32:22 : 22 for I do not know how to give honorary titles, if I did, my Creator would quickly do away with me.
  • Ps 73:8-9 : 8 They mock and say evil things; they proudly threaten violence. 9 They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth.
  • Dan 7:25 : 25 He will speak words against the Most High. He will harass the holy ones of the Most High continually. His intention will be to change times established by law. They will be delivered into his hand For a time, times, and half a time.
  • Mal 3:13 : 13 Resistance to the Lord through Self-sufficiency“You have criticized me sharply,” says the LORD,“but you ask,‘How have we criticized you?’
  • 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For by speaking high-sounding but empty words they are able to entice, with fleshly desires and with debauchery, people who have just escaped from those who reside in error.
  • Jude 1:16 : 16 These people are grumblers and fault-finders who go wherever their desires lead them, and they give bombastic speeches, enchanting folks for their own gain.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.

  • 4 They say,“We speak persuasively; we know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master?”

  • 18 May lying lips be silenced– lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt!

  • 12 They speak sinful words. So let them be trapped by their own pride and by the curses and lies they speak!

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    31 The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.

    32 The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing, but the speech of the wicked is perverse.

  • 22 The LORD abhors a person who lies, but those who deal truthfully are his delight.

  • 28 A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

  • Ps 120:2-3
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    2 I said,“O LORD, rescue me from those who lie with their lips and those who deceive with their tongue.

    3 How will he severely punish you, you deceptive talker?

  • 19 The one who tells the truth will endure forever, but the one who lies will last only for a moment.

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    9 For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.

  • 24 Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.

  • 10 They are calloused; they speak arrogantly.

  • 4 You love to use all the words that destroy, and the tongue that deceives.

  • 5 I will destroy anyone who slanders his neighbor in secret. I will not tolerate anyone who has a haughty demeanor and an arrogant attitude.

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    6 You destroy liars; the LORD despises violent and deceitful people.

  • 9 As for the heads of those who surround me– may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them!

  • 7 His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.

  • 2 Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.

  • 3 In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.

  • 11 But the king will rejoice in God; everyone who takes oaths in his name will boast, for the mouths of those who speak lies will be shut up.

  • 3 Don’t keep speaking so arrogantly. Proud talk should not come out of your mouth! For the LORD is a God who knows; he evaluates what people do.

  • 3 Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper’s venom is behind their lips.(Selah)

  • 13 Then make sure you don’t speak evil words or use deceptive speech!

  • 3 O LORD, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips!

  • Ps 36:2-3
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    2 for he is too proud to recognize and give up his sin.

    3 The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

  • 9 They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth.

  • Rom 3:13-14
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    13 “Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips.”

    14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

  • 7 For my mouth speaks truth, and my lips hate wickedness.

  • 4 my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will whisper no deceit.

  • 2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.

  • 36 But they deceived him with their words, and lied to him.

  • 12 Words and Works of Wise Men and Fools The words of a wise person win him favor, but the words of a fool are self-destructive.

  • 3 Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the LORD.

  • 13 The delight of a king is righteous counsel, and he will love the one who speaks uprightly.

  • 7 Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say,“Who hears?”

  • 12 Indeed, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud– they will be humiliated;

  • 4 One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.

  • 8 who speak lies, and make false promises.

  • 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

  • 9 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies planned it– to dishonor the pride that comes from all her beauty, to humiliate all the dignitaries of the earth.

  • 11 For with mocking lips and a foreign tongue he will speak to these people.

  • 3 The Lord Laments That He Has No Choice But to Judge Them The LORD says,“These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by honest means. Indeed, they do one evil thing after another and do not pay attention to me.

  • 5 The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.

  • 8 Their slander will bring about their demise. All who see them will shudder,

  • 10 This is how they will be repaid for their arrogance, for they taunted and verbally harassed the people of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

  • 3 He does not slander, or do harm to others, or insult his neighbor.