Psalm 12:2

Modern English Version

They speak empty words, each with his own neighbor; with flattering lips and a deceitful heart they speak.

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. From Zebulun, those going out to war, equipped for battle with all the weapons of war, to help David with an undivided heart: fifty thousand.

Psalm 10:7

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

Psalm 116:11

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

Psalm 144:11

Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouth speaks lying words and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Psalm 144:8

whose mouth speaks vain words, and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Psalm 28:3

Do not take me away with the wicked and with the workers of iniquity, 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 harm speak of destruction, and plan treachery all day long.

Psalm 41:6

And if he comes to see me, he speaks vain words; his heart gathers iniquity to itself; when he goes out, he tells it.

Psalm 5:9

For there is no uprightness in their mouth; destruction is in their midst; their throat is an open tomb; they flatter with their tongue.

Psalm 55:21

His speech was smoother than butter, but 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 and the words of their lips, let them be taken in their pride, and for the cursing and lies that they utter.

Psalm 62:4

They only conspire to cast him down from his high position; they delight in lies, they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly.    Selah

Proverbs 20:19

He who goes about as a slanderer betrays secrets; therefore associate not with the babbler.

Proverbs 20:6

Many a man will proclaim each his own goodness, but a loyal man, who can find?

Proverbs 29:5

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

Jeremiah 7:28

You shall say to them: This is a nation that does not obey the voice of the Lord their God or receive correction. Truth has perished, and has been cut off from their mouth.

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit. One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in wait.

Ezekiel 12:24

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

Micah 7:2

The godly has perished from the earth, and no one is upright among men. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; each hunts his brother with a net.

Romans 16:18

For such people do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own appetites, and through smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For neither at any time did we come with flattering words, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed. God is our witness.

James 1:8

A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.