Psalms 12:4
They say,“We speak persuasively; we know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master?”
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Referenced Verses
- Jas 3:5-6 : 5 So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze. 6 And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence– and is set on fire by hell.
- Gen 3:5 : 5 for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will open and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
- Exod 5:2 : 2 But Pharaoh said,“Who is the LORD that I should obey him by releasing Israel? I do not know the LORD, and I will not release Israel!”
- Job 21:14-15 : 14 So they say to God,‘Turn away from us! We do not want to know your ways. 15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we gain if we were to pray to him?’
- Jer 2:31 : 31 You people of this generation, listen to the LORD’s message.“Have I been like a wilderness to you, Israel? Have I been like a dark and dangerous land to you? Why then do you say,‘We are free to wander. We will not come to you any more?’
- Jer 18:18 : 18 Jeremiah Petitions the Lord to Punish Those Who Attack Him Then some people said,“Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God’s word. Come on! Let’s bring charges against him and get rid of him! Then we will not need to 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, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must bow down and pay homage to the statue that I had made. If you don’t pay homage to it, you will immediately be thrown into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire. Now, who is that god who can rescue you from my power?”
- 2 Thess 2:4 : 4 He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat in God’s temple, displaying himself as God.
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2People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.
3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts!
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12They speak sinful words. So let them be trapped by their own pride and by the curses and lies they speak!
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7Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say,“Who hears?”
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8They mock and say evil things; they proudly threaten violence.
9They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth.
- Ps 2:2-43 verses72%
2The kings of the earth form a united front; the rulers collaborate against the LORD and his anointed king.
3They say,“Let’s tear off the shackles they’ve put on us! Let’s free ourselves from their ropes!”
4The one enthroned in heaven laughs in disgust; the Lord taunts them.
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8Slaves rule over us; there is no one to rescue us from their power.
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4They spew out threats and speak defiantly; all the evildoers boast.
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10They are calloused; they speak arrogantly.
11They attack me, now they surround me; they intend to throw me to the ground.
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18May lying lips be silenced– lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt!
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5“Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action,” says the LORD.“I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.”
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46פ(Pe) All our enemies have gloated over us;
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9As for the heads of those who surround me– may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them!
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13Resistance to the Lord through Self-sufficiency“You have criticized me sharply,” says the LORD,“but you ask,‘How have we criticized you?’
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12who said,“Let’s take over the pastures of God!”
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25Do not let them say to themselves,“Aha! We have what we wanted!” Do not let them say,“We have devoured him!”
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4We have had our fill of the taunts of the self-assured, of the contempt of the proud.
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13O LORD, our God, masters other than you have ruled us, but we praise your name alone.
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5The raging water would have overwhelmed us.
6The LORD deserves praise, for he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.
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13You are happy because you conquered Lo-Debar. You say,“Did we not conquer Karnaim by our own power?”
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25who said by the Holy Spirit through your servant David our forefather,‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot foolish things?
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9For 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.
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4At whom are you laughing? At whom are you opening your mouth and sticking out your tongue? You are the children of rebels, the offspring of liars,
- Ps 120:2-32 verses68%
2I said,“O LORD, rescue me from those who lie with their lips and those who deceive with their tongue.
3How will he severely punish you, you deceptive talker?
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3Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper’s venom is behind their lips.(Selah)
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62My assailants revile and conspire against me all day long.
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5Your sin inspires your mouth; you choose the language of the crafty.
6Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your own lips testify against you.
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13We have rebelled and tried to deceive the LORD; we turned back from following our God. We stir up oppression and rebellion; we tell lies we concocted in our minds.
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8Their slander will bring about their demise. All who see them will shudder,
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7His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.
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2At that time we laughed loudly and shouted for joy. At that time the nations said,“The LORD has accomplished great things for these people.”
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12“These people have denied what the LORD says. They have said,‘That is not so! No harm will come to us. We will not experience war and famine.
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3In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.
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16פ(Pe) All your enemies gloated over you. They sneered and gnashed their teeth; they said,“We have destroyed her! Ha! We have waited a long time for this day. We have lived to see it!”
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4To whom did you utter these words? And whose spirit has come forth from your mouth?
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20ר(Resh) Our very life breath– the LORD’s anointed king– was caught in their traps, of whom we thought,“Under his protection we will survive among the nations.”
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3Don’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.
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11For with mocking lips and a foreign tongue he will speak to these people.
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15O Lord, give me the words! Then my mouth will praise you.
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37מ(Mem) Whose command was ever fulfilled unless the Lord decreed it?
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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.”
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10This is how they will be repaid for their arrogance, for they taunted and verbally harassed the people of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.