Psalms 12:3

The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things:

The LORD {H3068} shall cut off {H3772} all flattering {H2513} lips {H8193}, and the tongue {H3956} that speaketh {H1696} proud {H1419} things:

May ADONAI cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks so proudly,

May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.

Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 18:21 (6 votes)

    ¶ Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

  • Daniel 7:8 (5 votes)

    I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn [were] eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.

  • Revelation 13:5 (5 votes)

    And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty [and] two months.

  • Psalms 17:10 (4 votes)

    They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

  • 2 Kings 19:23 (2 votes)

    By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, [and] the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, [and into] the forest of his Carmel.

  • 2 Kings 19:24 (2 votes)

    I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

  • Jude 1:16 (2 votes)

    These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling [words], having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.