Psalm 12:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

² Every one utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: With flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² To his neighbor each one speaks words without use or worth or truth; with flattering lips and double heart [deceitfully] they speak.

American Standard Version (1901)

² They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

Common English Bible

² Everyone tells lies to everyone else; they talk with slick speech and divided hearts.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² How long can I take counsel in my soul, sorrowing in my heart throughout the day?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² How long shall I take counsels in my soul, sorrow in my heart all the day?

Psalm 12:2 Cross References

1 Chronicles 12:33

Of Zebulun fifty thousand seasoned troops, equipped for battle with all the weapons of war, to help David with singleness of purpose.

Psalm 10:7

His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.

Psalm 116:11

I said in my consternation, “Men are all a vain hope.”

Psalm 144:11

Rescue me from the cruel sword, and deliver me from the hand of aliens, whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Psalm 144:8

whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Psalm 28:3

Take me not off with the wicked, with those who are workers of evil, who speak peace with their neighbors, while mischief is in their hearts.

Psalm 38:12

Those who seek my life lay their snares, those who seek my hurt speak of ruin, and meditate treachery all the day long.

Psalm 41:6

And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers mischief; when he goes out, he tells it abroad.

Psalm 5:9

For there is no truth in their mouth; their heart is destruction, their throat is an open sepulchre, they flatter with their tongue.

Psalm 55:21

His speech was smoother than butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

Psalm 59:12

For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride. For the cursing and lies which they utter,

Psalm 62:4

They only plan to thrust him down from his eminence. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. Selah

Proverbs 20:19

He who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with one who speaks foolishly.

Proverbs 20:6

Many a man proclaims his own loyalty, but a faithful man who can find?

Proverbs 29:5

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

Jeremiah 7:28

And you shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God, and did not accept discipline; truth has perished; it is cut off from their lips.

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully; with his mouth each speaks peaceably to his neighbor, but in his heart he plans an ambush for him.

Ezekiel 12:24

For there shall be no more any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.

Micah 7:2

The godly man has perished from the earth, and there is none upright among men; they all lie in wait for blood, and each hunts his brother with a net.

Romans 16:18

For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by fair and flattering words they deceive the hearts of the simple-minded.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For we never used either words of flattery, as you know, or a cloak for greed, as God is witness;