Psalms 12:2

Psalms chapter 12 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

King James Version · 1611

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

American Standard Version · 1901

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

v.1Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

v.2This passage

v.3Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 52:1
Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endureth continually.
Psalms 62:4
They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. [Selah
Ezekiel 12:24
For there shall be no more any false vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
Psalms 55:21
His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.
Proverbs 20:19
He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.
Jeremiah 9:2
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.