Psalm 12:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² They speak falsehood with each other; They speak with flattering lips, a double heart.

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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?

Psalm 12:2 Cross References

1 Chronicles 12:33

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Psalm 10:7

His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; Under his tongue is trouble and wickedness.

Psalm 116:11

I said in my haste, “All men are liars.”

Psalm 144:11

Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, Whose mouth has spoken falsehood, And whose right hand is a right hand of lies;

Psalm 144:8

Whose mouth has spoken falsehood, And whose right hand is a right hand of lies.

Psalm 28:3

Do not draw me away with the wrong And with the workers of wickedness, Who speak peace to their neighbours, But evil is in their hearts.

Psalm 38:12

And those seeking my life lay a snare; And those seeking my evil have spoken of destruction, And utter deceit all day long.

Psalm 41:6

And when one comes to visit, he speaks falsely; His heart gathers wickedness to itself; He goes out, he speaks of it.

Psalm 5:9

For there is no stability in their mouth; Their inward part is destruction; Their throat is an open grave; They flatter with their tongue.

Psalm 55:21

His mouth was smoother than curds, Yet in his heart is fighting; His words were softer than oil, But they are drawn swords.

Psalm 59:12

The sin of their mouth is the words of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And for the cursing and lying they utter.

Psalm 62:4

They plotted to topple him from his high position; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, But in their heart they curse. Selah.

Proverbs 20:19

He who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets; Therefore do not associate with him Who speaks smoothly with his lips.

Proverbs 20:6

Most men proclaim each his own kindness, But who finds a trustworthy man?

Proverbs 29:5

A man who flatters his neighbour Spreads a net for his own feet.

Jeremiah 7:28

“But you shall say to them, ‘This is a nation that did not obey the voice of יהוה  their Elohim, nor did they accept instruction. Truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth.

Jeremiah 9:8

“Their tongue is an arrow shot out. It speaks deceit – speaks peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart he sets his ambush.

Ezekiel 12:24

“For no longer is there to be any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Yisra’ĕ

Micah 7:2

The kind one has perished from the earth, and there is no one straight among men. All of them lie in wait for blood, everyone hunts his brother with a net.

Romans 16:18

For such ones do not serve our Master יהושע  Messiah, but their own stomach, and by smooth words and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For we never came with a word of flattery, as you know, nor with a cloak for greed – Elohim is witness –

James 1:8

he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.