Psalms 120:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 35:11 : 11 Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.
  • Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit. 3 Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah. 4 Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
  • Ps 109:1-2 : 1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent, 2 For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me -- A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!
  • Ps 140:1-3 : 1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me. 2 Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble `for' wars. 3 They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder `is' under their lips. Selah.
  • Prov 12:22 : 22 An abomination to Jehovah `are' lying lips, And stedfast doers `are' his delight.
  • Matt 26:59-62 : 59 And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death, 60 and they did not find; and many false witnesses having come near, they did not find; and at last two false witnesses having come near, 61 said, `This one said, I am able to throw down the sanctuary of God, and after three days to build it.' 62 And the chief priest having stood up, said to him, `Nothing thou dost answer! what do these witness against thee?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 120:3
    82%

    3What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

  • Ps 109:2
    77%

    2For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me -- A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!

  • Ps 144:11
    76%

    11Free me, and deliver me From the hand of sons of a stranger, Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand `is' a right hand of falsehood,

  • Ps 22:20
    75%

    20Deliver from the sword my soul, From the paw of a dog mine only one.

  • Ps 17:13
    75%

    13Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword,

  • Job 27:4
    74%

    4My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.

  • Ps 140:1
    74%

    1To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me.

  • Ps 51:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation, My tongue singeth of Thy righteousness.

    15O Lord, my lips thou dost open, And my mouth declareth Thy praise.

  • Ps 27:12
    74%

    12Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.

  • Prov 12:22
    74%

    22An abomination to Jehovah `are' lying lips, And stedfast doers `are' his delight.

  • Ps 120:1
    74%

    1A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me.

  • Ps 34:13
    74%

    13Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

  • Ps 17:1
    74%

    1A Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear `to' my prayer, without lips of deceit.

  • Ps 6:4
    74%

    4Turn back, O Jehovah, draw out my soul, Save me for Thy kindness' sake.

  • Ps 119:29
    74%

    29The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me.

  • Ps 140:4
    73%

    4Preserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps.

  • Prov 2:12
    73%

    12To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,

  • Ps 141:3
    73%

    3Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

  • Ps 7:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1`The Erring One,' by David, that he sung to Jehovah concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O Jehovah, my God, in Thee I have trusted, Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me.

    2Lest he tear as a lion my soul, Rending, and there is no deliverer.

  • Ps 143:9
    73%

    9Deliver me from mine enemies, O Jehovah, Near Thee I am covered.

  • Ps 116:4
    72%

    4And in the name of Jehovah I call: I pray Thee, O Jehovah, deliver my soul,

  • Ps 71:2
    72%

    2In Thy righteousness Thou dost deliver me, And dost cause me to escape, Incline unto me Thine ear, and save me.

  • Ps 119:170
    72%

    170My supplication cometh in before Thee, According to Thy saying deliver Thou me.

  • Ps 12:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

    3Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,

  • Ps 31:18
    72%

    18Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

  • Ps 35:17
    72%

    17Lord, how long dost thou behold? Keep back my soul from their desolations, From young lions my only one.

  • Ps 144:8
    72%

    8Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand `is' a right hand of falsehood.

  • Prov 14:25
    72%

    25A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies.

  • Ps 52:4
    72%

    4Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

  • Ps 25:20
    72%

    20Keep my soul, and deliver me, Let me not be ashamed, for I trusted in Thee.

  • Ps 69:18
    72%

    18Be near unto my soul -- redeem it, Because of mine enemies ransom me.

  • Ps 140:9
    72%

    9The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.

  • Ps 39:8
    72%

    8From all my transgressions deliver me, A reproach of the fool make me not.

  • Ps 141:9
    72%

    9Keep me from the gin they laid for me, Even snares of workers of iniquity.

  • Ps 71:4
    72%

    4O my God, cause me to escape From the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the perverse and violent.

  • Ps 109:20
    72%

    20This `is' the wage of mine accusers from Jehovah, And of those speaking evil against my soul.

  • Ps 143:11
    71%

    11For Thy name's sake O Jehovah, Thou dost quicken me, In Thy righteousness, Thou bringest out from distress my soul,

  • Ps 43:1
    71%

    1Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,

  • Ps 59:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1To the Overseer. -- `Destroy not,' by David. -- A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high.

    2Deliver me from workers of iniquity, And from men of blood save me.

  • Ps 59:12
    71%

    12The sin of their mouth `is' a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.

  • Ps 116:8
    71%

    8For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, my feet from overthrowing.

  • Prov 12:19
    71%

    19The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment -- a tongue of falsehood.

  • Ps 57:4
    71%

    4My soul `is' in the midst of lions, I lie down `among' flames -- sons of men, Their teeth `are' a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

  • Jer 20:13
    71%

    13Sing ye to Jehovah, praise Jehovah, For He hath delivered the soul of the needy From the hand of evil doers.

  • Ps 86:13
    71%

    13For Thy kindness `is' great toward me, And Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

  • Job 6:23
    71%

    23And, Deliver me from the hand of an adversary? And, From the hand of terrible ones ransom me?