Psalm 12:3

Good News Translation

Silence those flattering tongues, O Lord! Close those boastful mouths that say,

Cross References

Job 32:22

I don't know how to flatter, and God would quickly punish me if I did.

Psalm 116:11

even when I was afraid and said, “No one can be trusted.”

Psalm 140:12

Lord, I know that you defend the cause of the poor and the rights of the needy.

Psalm 17:10

they have no pity and speak proudly.

Psalm 55:22

Leave your troubles with the Lord, and he will defend you; he never lets honest people be defeated.

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said, ‘I will pursue them and catch them; I will divide their wealth and take all I want; I will draw my sword and take all they have.’

Proverbs 18:21

What you say can preserve life or destroy it; so you must accept the consequences of your words.

Proverbs 26:24

A hypocrite hides hate behind flattering words.

Isaiah 10:10

I reached out to punish those kingdoms that worship idols, idols more numerous than those of Jerusalem and Samaria.

Isaiah 59:4

You go to court, but you do not have justice on your side. You depend on lies to win your case. You carry out your plans to hurt others.

Jeremiah 12:6

Even your relatives, members of your own family, have betrayed you; they join in the attacks against you. Do not trust them, even though they speak friendly words.”

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongues are like deadly arrows; they always tell lies. Everyone speaks friendly words to their neighbors, but they are really setting a trap for them.

Ezekiel 28:2

“Mortal man,” he said, “tell the ruler of Tyre what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying to him: Puffed up with pride, you claim to be a god. You say that like a god you sit on a throne, surrounded by the seas. You may pretend to be a god, but, no, you are mortal, not divine.

Ezekiel 28:9

When they come to kill you, will you still claim that you are a god? When you face your murderers, you will be mortal and not at all divine.

Ezekiel 29:3

Say that this is what the Sovereign Lord is telling the king of Egypt: I am your enemy, you monster crocodile, lying in the river. You say that the Nile is yours and that you made it.

Daniel 7:25

He will speak against the Supreme God and oppress God's people. He will try to change their religious laws and festivals, and God's people will be under his power for three and a half years.

Daniel 7:8

While I was staring at the horns, I saw a little horn coming up among the others. It tore out three of the horns that were already there. This horn had human eyes and a mouth that was boasting proudly.

Malachi 3:13

“You have said terrible things about me,” says the Lord. “But you ask, ‘What have we said about you?’

2 Peter 2:18

They make proud and stupid statements, and use immoral bodily lusts to trap those who are just beginning to escape from among people who live in error.

Jude 1:16

These people are always grumbling and blaming others; they follow their own evil desires; they brag about themselves and flatter others in order to get their own way.

Revelation 13:5

The beast was allowed to make proud claims which were insulting to God, and it was permitted to have authority for forty-two months.

1 Samuel 2:3

Stop your loud boasting; silence your proud words. For the Lord is a God who knows, and he judges all that people do.